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Of splendid gifts to freely share The animals received a host From horse's back to bee's sweet ware And God blessed Goony Bird the most More finely feathered were his kin More sonorous his neighbour's call While his advantage lay within Upon inspection overall But disinclined to proud display He kept his brilliance concealed At altitudes too faraway For it to clearly be revealed Until the day the people came To overrun his island perch Putting forest to the flame Leaving victims in the lurch The other albatrosses fought And bombed the great intrusive craft But no advances could be got By one small girl thrown off the aft Beset by worry, Goony dove To pluck the child free of risk And dropped her on the nearest cove Where mother waited with a kiss The word soon spread of his good deed Catching men in mid assault And from desire to conscience heed Their demolition had to halt By sundown, peace had come again Tomorrow's work could soundly start In veneration sang the wren For God gave Goony Bird a heart |
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| © 2007, 2016. Verses by David Skerkowski. All rights reserved. |
Monday, May 16, 2016
Goony's Gift (The Alabatross)
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