coretan bapak gua

THE WILD BIRD

Written by: Mohamed Nasir(bapak gua)

There was a crippled bird on the road and I

Passed it by went fast then I wonder why

I spurred the chance to do a kind deed

To help someone or something in need

So I turned my car as quickly as I could

And found it one leg injured its no good

It couldn’t fly and I took it in my palm

I guessed it knew I was saving it from harm

Whilst nestled calmly but its eyes betrayed

Weary of what I would do to it when I laid

The poor bird at my side as I brought it back

Though I don’t know why but what the heck

A frail body crouched by the corner of a cage it

Was in that was once belonged to my dead rabbit

And I knew it wanted to be in the wild someday

I’ll set it free as it longed to be to fly far away

To search tiny insects and fish by the marshland

With lean legs to wade to its heart content and

So it should be but until then here it’ll remain

Forced to feed on worms till its leg could regain

The strength to stand to fly and when the day came

Fought with all its might for it could never be tamed

And the moment I saw it flew off into the morning sky

I was glad I came back to help and not just passed it by