I Am a Deer

I went walking through the forest
in the autumn rain

Gone to nature's lucid grace
to heal up all my pain

The heavy drops, they fell on me
they made me look so teared

And in the murky lake I saw
my reflection, like a mirror

To my surprise, I did not look
as I had thought I would

No graceful wolf or fiery fox
trotting through the woods

As I looked down and saw my face
no predator was I

But nature's quirk, a speckled deer
with big, round, onyx eyes

It came so fast, but I had knew
inside me all along

I was no lynx's rumbled snarl
but a timid sparrow's song

I had lived my life in fear
my every moment lost

To roaming 'round the village wall
fearing I'd pay some cost

I thought I was a chickadee
singing merry and bright

But I'm a tiny blackbird chick
Who's too afraid to fly