A baby bird cries out in the night
It is hungry and oh so helpless
Where is its mother, is she in flight?
Why has she left it alone for so long?
Its siblings have left the nest too…
So the babe flutters its wings, but goes nowhere
The fledgling doesn’t know what to do
No one has taught it to fly.
Out of the nest comes the little feathered creature
It wants to live, needs to survive
Where is its mother, its teacher?
It remains alone and out on the edge.
Finally it gathers up all its strength
Flaps its tiny wings and tries to fly
It falls to the ground…it is wounded
The little one lies there waiting to die.
