I watched the moon fall down in your eyes <br />As the night gave way to morning <br />I had to go yet you had me linger still <br />Wanting to hold your nightingale <br />And hear her mournful songs, for comfort <br />Please don’t pluck my feathers and ask me to fly <br />Hearts don’t grow and mend you know <br />I watched the stars fade in your eyes <br />As you realized what you did to me <br />How human you became <br />No more of a guiltless animal <br />You know the sorrow <br />I’m sorry lion <br />I can’t sing for you again <br />My voice has been quieted <br />As these feelings overwhelm us <br />The human world and all its suffering <br />Are upon us <br />I should never have sung my praises <br />As we danced under the harvest moon <br />And sang to mother earth<br /><br />Meredith Fahey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/animals-4/
