Lonely Bird

Are you lonely, little bird?
Is that why you sing your song?
On your solitary perch
It must feel you don’t belong

Buried prayers in every verse
Mourning him since he’s been gone
Making every tree your church
Lost in winter, eight years long

Oh, the way he’d sing your name
When he heard it’s you who called
Wish you’d called him every day
Some regrets can’t be resolved

Sitting high above the world
When you’re lost, he can’t respond
Daughters laughing with the surf
Don’t they hear your sorrow song?

We’re all lonely little bird
But our emerald hearts are strong
Whether every note is heard
He would want you to sing on

Are you lonely, little bird?
Is that why you sing your song?
On your solitary perch
It must feel you don’t belong