Laura Sandage: Listen
One Feather
(Laura Sandage)
ONE FEATHER
Laura Sandage 2005
One feather left on my glove
One tiny heart stopped in my hand
One window of cold, hard glass
The bird could not understand
I held a wild bird in my hand
Held it as it died
I laid it to rest on fallen leaves
And I cried
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One feather, one glove
One heart, my love
One hand, one ocean deep
One song sings us to sleep
One song we sing this day
Hear the sound of clapping hands
One wave in the singing sea
All my heart demands
And all that I hold in my hands
I will give away
Left behind like fallen leaves
One day
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One paper held in my hand
Bringing news from distant lands
Thousands dead in the stinging sea
Washed up on the sand
I hold the wide world in my hand
Watch it breathe and break
I'll gather up these fallen leaves
Till I wake
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