For The Loss of a Dove

Oh sadness

oh no

struck

and spun

a twisted spiral

a dove's life

a dove's life

undone

God please

take her spirit

quickly please now

free her

that she may

not suffer

oh this poor

beautiful

dove

I close my eyes

I pray

my heart

sends it out

when I open

them

her breathing

yes

her breathing

has stopped

still

there is sadness

at such

a tender bird

lost

by our

busy highways

destruction

that more often

than not

anaesthetizes many

who just carry on

without any feeling

any feeling or thought

for the loss

of beautiful nature

and this beautiful

dove

Later

as I move

further

and further

away

I see a

skeleton

of a bird

that could be

the same

yes, a dove

like the one

that is now

flying

over my head

I worry though

that this one

could be

the companion

of the one

that is dead

oh sadness

oh tragedy

for a bird

that I love

oh sadness

for the loss

for the loss

of the

dove.