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If I Were A Sparrow

March 9, 2013
By TryingToLive PLATINUM, Austintown, Ohio
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"And I think of all the thousands of billions of steps and missteps and chances and coincidences that have brought me here and it feels like the biggest miracle in the world."

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I watch the birds from my bedroom window,
the metal panes suppressing
my view,
as they rest on the apple tree branch
such a simple action
such a simple decision
stop
go
fly
rest
if only
I were
a sparrow,
I would fly
far far away
from here.

© Jacqueline T., Flowermound, TX

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