A Sonnet by LAW Fraser

Bird Song

She strikes the piano keys and they tremble.

A song she composed for him that day.
It sat so sad upon the air, incorruptible,
She thought it would never go away.

But the day grew long, the sky turned blue and sunny

bringing the sweetest of birds in song,
So full of joy it replaced a tune so puny
joyfully she listened for; how could this be wrong?

She hears the happy birds return each day

And writes a new song that they inspire,
with many sharps and tweets as they fly away;
a song about longing and lost desire.

She will find a new lover one to adore;

no need to wait for the birds, anymore.

 

LAW Fraser

Homework for 5/1/2014