Why be a bird?

A bird would be my choice

Not just for flight

Not just for voice

Although I'd love to tweet all day

Or fly high in the warm sun of May

I'd choose a bird for more than that

More than I'd chose a dog or cat

A dog or cat stay locked away

While birds spread their wings and fly all day.

The freedom they have to up and go

That's a feeling I'll never know

So that is why I'd be a bird, rarely seen but always heard.