I would have flown very high
To touch the nice shining blue sky
And would have reached the bottom of the sea
In search of joy for me and thee
Only if I was a bird with wings
I would wonder around and cheerfully sing
I would have played on the peak of hills
with buds and bows and grass until
I was tired enough to take some rest
Between the glens in my flabby nest
Only if I was a nightingale
I would sing around the hills and dales
I would have walked inside the park
To hug queen flower of dark
And would have kissed the butterflies
Who roam around before my eyes
Only if I was a cuckoo of spring
I would stay around the lilies ring
I would have built my dwelling place
Beneath the palm among the pace
And would have slept never to wake
Where flowers sway beside the lake
And only I could have done all these
Of I was a sparrow of love and peace.
Seema Chowdhury
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/only-if-i-was/
