Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN COMMEMORATION OF SON'S TWENTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY, by CADDIE J. RILEY


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IN COMMEMORATION OF SON'S TWENTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY, by                    
First Line: Twas a weary bird
Last Line: It was so long ago.
Subject(s): Mothers & Sons


'Twas a weary bird
That came to a stop,
With never a word
At the chimney top.

'Twas a mammoth bird,
Yet he settled down,
While no sound was heard
In the little town.

A moment he stood,
Then his wings he flopped;
As he flew to the wood,
A small bundle dropped.

Down the chimney it fell,
This bundle so small,
And you never could tell
It was falling at all.

It landed so lightly
On a bed dainty white,
This bundle wrapped tightly,
In the dead of the night.

A moment it lay there
As still as could be,
Right out of the Nowhere,
And right here to me.

And then a voice said --
"This must be for you."
And I saw a small head,
And I knew it was true.

The big bird you see, --
(Stork was his name)
Dropped this bundle to me,
So that's why it came.

There was nothing to do,
Because it was here,
And the bundle was you, --
Mother's so thankful, dear.

But now you can see
I smile through the tears;
Since you came to me,
It is twenty-one years.

The reason I smiled, --
It is easy to see,
Because a wee child
The stork brought to me.

The cause of the tears, --
That is easy to know;
'Tis because of the years,
It was so long ago.





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