I would have flown very high <br />To touch the nice shining blue sky <br />And would have reached the bottom of the sea <br />In search of joy for me and thee <br />Only if I was a bird with wings <br />I would wonder around and cheerfully sing <br /> <br />I would have played on the peak of hills <br />with buds and bows and grass until <br />I was tired enough to take some rest <br />Between the glens in my flabby nest <br />Only if I was a nightingale <br />I would sing around the hills and dales <br /> <br />I would have walked inside the park <br />To hug queen flower of dark <br />And would have kissed the butterflies <br />Who roam around before my eyes <br />Only if I was a cuckoo of spring <br />I would stay around the lilies ring <br /> <br />I would have built my dwelling place <br />Beneath the palm among the pace <br />And would have slept never to wake <br />Where flowers sway beside the lake <br />And only I could have done all these <br />Of I was a sparrow of love and peace.<br /><br />Seema Chowdhury<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/only-if-i-was/
