I’d Rather Be a Sparrow than a Snail

A bird in a tree home

I’d rather be a sparrow than a snail

Yes, I would

If I could

I’d surely would.

I’d rather be a hammer than a nail

Yes, I would

If I could

I’d surely would.

Away, I ‘d like to sail away

Like a swan

That’s here and gone

A man gets tied up to the ground

He gives the world

Its saddest sound, its saddest sound.

I’d rather be a forest than a street

Yes, I would

If I could

I’d surely would.

I’d rather feel the earth beneath my feet

Yes, I would

If I could

I’d surely would.

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[By: Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel]

This song came to mind a couple of days ago, and I looked up its lyrics. Imagine my astonishment when I realized a strong connection between this beautiful expression by two of my favorite bards, and “Humbling and Humility.”

Without ever meaning to do so, I think this book lived true to their words: “A man gets tied up to the ground; He gives the world its saddest sound, its saddest sound.” Besides, even the pictures on the book’s covers reflect a simple message in the song; a sparrow and a snail, a bird and its prey – I have a nectar-sipping butterfly, hoping to scare away its predators, and an observant bird, perched on a tree branch. And, as a book reviewer put it, the narrative can be called a sad chronicle��…

Just random thoughts on Mothers Day :-)

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