Poem Response 26

A Minor Bird

I have wished a bird would fly away,

And not sing by my house all day;

                                                  Have clapped my hands at him from the door

When it seemed as if I could bear no more.

                                                      The fault must partly have been in me.

The bird was not to blame for his key.

                                                 And of course there must be something wrong

In wanting to silence any song. 

-Robert Frost 

Found at: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-minor-bird/

Oh my goodness, I love this poem. I mean, sometimes it seems like I can get so caught up in something and forget what it is that I really love. I can end up killing the very joys I treasure! I get in my own way, and trip over my own feet, and if I'd just take a step back and realize that the things I'm over thinking and scrutinizing are really the things that make me happiest, then... I'd simplify my life. a lot. 

The last stanza is my favorite. I like the way he says it! "And of course there must be something wrong in wanting to silence any song".... It's perfect. And mesa like. A lot.

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