On Giving Words To Hummingbirds

5.18.2019

I long to give

The world of words

To hummingbirds

I would teach them how to sing

Without the words

Only their humming

They’ve much to say

But cannot say a thing

But if we give

The world of words

To hummingbirds

If we teach them how to sing

We’d have to listen

To what they have to say

Call them songbirds

And who’d it leave for humming 

That’s selfishness 

That’s just your fears

What to the world 

Their songs could bring 

Don’t make them suffer 

For your fears

Teach them the words

And let them sing

The dictionary 

Not a weapon

But a key

To the hummingbird’s cell

Kept from the words 

It’s time we set them free

Give the world of words

To hummingbirds 

And teach them how to sing

Let their songs

Fill our world with love

The lyrics freedom brings