Poetry

O Robin, friendly robin

written by: armandopereira

O Robin
friendly robin,
your song sounds sweet,
so very sweet,
and yet
stirs torment as well

for while
you are happy,
I am unhappy,
while you know
divine union,
I cannot find it

and while you know
no evil
in your heart,
that is all I feel in mine

often I could almost
have wished
to be like you
a bird

but then
I would consider
what I would miss
if I weren't a man

until finally
it would come
to
this:

O that I knew
the purity
of the robin
while yet
possessing
the soul
of a man
that
I might
enjoy it

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