SURF BIRD

FROM: SONGS FOR A FRIEND

SURF BIRD

THE SEA CAME IN THE LITTLE BIRD RAN
THEN FOLLOWED THE SEA BACK OUT
THEN RAN FROM THE SEA AND FOLLOWED IT OUT
DANCING THE DAY IN TIME TO THE SEA
PLAYING FOR FOOD

I WONDER IF IT FEARS THE SEA
LIKE I DO GOD
PLAYING THE EDGES OF HIS LOVE
OR MY LOVE REALLY AS IT EBBS AND FLOWS
RUNNING WHEN THE WAVE COMES STRONG
SEABIRDS ON DELICATE FEET
RUNNING FROM THE WATER

SOMEDAY HOPEFULLY UNAWARE
THE SEA WILL OVERWHELM ME
SWEEPING ME OUT TO THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA
TO BE ONE WITH THE MOTION THE SURGE OF THE SEA
TO BE THE SEA

TO PLAY WITH THE BIRDS AT THE WATER'S EDGE
TO FEED THEM
TO CALL THEM TO THE DANCE

FRANK A VOLLMER