The Fish Who Loved a Bird

Love knows no reason, the wise men say,

So a fish fell in love with a bird one day.

The bird flew down its reflection to see,

the fish jumped high and cried "Marry me."

The bird simply laughed and flew away,

"Birds marry birds!" was all she'd say.

But while she flew, nothing else came to mind,

save the face of the fish she was leaving behind.

No other had spoken such words of love,

not the swiftest falcon nor the sweetest dove.

To the beauty of his fins, a bird could not compare,

or to the shimmer of his scales as he leapt through the air.

Suddenly she turned, though she couldn't say why.

Back to the water, she dropped from the sky.

"Oh beautiful fish, how can this be,

a bird of the sky and a fish in the sea?

We never could marry, our worlds are apart.

So why cruelest fish have you stolen my heart?"

The fish gave his reply, and his words sang true.

He told the lovely bird what in his soul he knew.

"Beloved my beloved, oh do not despair,

though I swim in the ocean and you in the air.

Nothing in this world can keep us apart,

if your love is as true as the love in my heart."

So the bird searched the mountain, the fish checked the sea

For something that might help the couple live free.

Till the fish called his loved one with a smile on his face,

He spoke to the bird of a magical place.

"Near the edge of the world at setting of sun

I have finally found a home where we can live as one.

Come with me my love, and our fates we will cheat.

Join me in this place where the sea and sky meet."

There the bird and the fish made their merry way,

and live happy and in love to this very day.

Now, from the look on your face, you think my tale a lie.

You don't believe a beast of sea can marry beast of sky.

These things that I sing, I can prove they are true.

The children of the couple are known to all of you.

A puffin is a bird that swims its ocean home.

And what of flying fish? It is in the air they roam.