The Lost Birds
First, second, third, only passing through
They come, they go and only if they knew
A perfect bird was there, to guide them carefully
Ignoring the path of love, they dropped into folly
A perfect bird was there, to teach them how to fly
Ignoring the path of love, their soul began to die
A perfect bird was there, listening to their songs
Ignoring the path of love, they stumbled in the wrong
A perfect bird was there, to love without condition
Ignoring the path of love, they died into the ocean
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 486 |
Words | 92 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
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