Wednesday, December 16, 2009

The Critic and the Bird

What music have I not heard?

What song have I not sung?

Only the bird’s song

has escaped me.


The critic never sings,

but judges the bird on his song.

Evaluating pitch and rhythm,

he misses the melody.


What good is pitch,

if there is no joy?

What rhythm truly beats in time,

without a metronomic heart?


I could compose a thousand songs,

but never could I silence the critic

or improve the bird.

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