Nightbird

Nightbird sings-The nightbird flies

On broken wings-See it arise

Before the face of God

Nightbird sings A stark-dark song- 

Yet it  brings A smile ere long

Unto the face of God

Oh may my song be heard

Though it falters  like the bird’s

Draped in the every wafting word

Before the face of God.

Nightbird sings Its troubled heart

Offerings-Of aural art

Before the face of God.

Very few may understand

‘Cept heaven’s angel band.

Before the face of God.

So may my song be heard

Though it falters  like the bird’s

Draped in the every wafting word

Before the face of God.

Nightbird sings No place to rest

It harbors things Yet unconfessed

Before the face of God

It lingers on-in perpetual song

Though it’s already gone

Before the face of God

So may my song be heard

Though it falters  like the bird’s

Draped in the every wafting word

Before the face of God.

Anthony Foster

March 6, 2022