The Bird and the Flower

a bird was freezing in the longest winter
he hasn't flown
he hasn't seen the dawn
a little heat was all he needed
to forget, to go back to sleep
in the dead cold winter night

a flower grew in the garden
she stretched her arms
and smiled
she was waiting for the sun
a little heat was all she needed
to feel alive, to leave behind
the dark cold winter night

it wont be long, she said
it will be long, he said

the spring, she said
the winter, he said

if only i can fly, she said
if only i had roots, he said.