The Cardinal and The Owl
THE CARDINAL AND THE OWL
By Walker Toppins 2023
The Cardinal and the Owl
As the cardinal flew over the golden fields of corn,
We have to begin to mourn,
The cardinal met a new freind,
A freind ship that will never bend,
As she met the owl,
Those we love don’t go away,
.
They walk with us every day,
Unseen, unheard,
But always near
Still loved
Still missed
And very dear
As they reunited
The vows of freind ship and love
Were recited
When the trip begin
She had no true freind
As she met the owl,
Those we love don’t go away,
they walk beside us every day
Unseen
Un heard
But always near
Still loved
Still missed
And very dear,
Strawberry, Blueberry
Many more that very,
Fields they flew over
As the land formation changed,
Grass changed to boulder,
Wing on wing ,
She remember not long ago,
When the cardinal met the owl,
Those we love don’t go away,
They walk beside us every day,
Unseen
Un heard
But Always near,
Still loved
Still missed
And very dear
They lived together for a life
The cardinal as the owl’s wife
As they lived in one home,
With children’s hair to comb
With the boulders disappearing,
We find the pain unbarring,
So does she when she remembers
When she lost the owl
Those we love don’t go away,
They walk beside us every day
Unseen unheard
But always near
Still loved
Still missed
And very dear
As the cardinal sits with the owl on a perch
Of an old birch
The owl says
‘’We will fly high,
And fly while others pass by.’’
And the cardinal says
‘’As we fly into the abyss’
Others will be missed’’
They flew as she remembered
When she flew with the owl,
Those we love don’t go away
They walk beside us every day
Unseen unheard but always near
Still loved
Still missed
And very dear
Same with the owl and the cardinal
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