Sitting on a bench, I saw
The most peculiar thing
A big black bird came swooping down
Wearing a diamond ring
He looked at me as I stared back
Not sure what to do
Then the bird, so very quickly
Took my own black shoe
I ran after him yelling, “Hey! That’s mine!”
But he didn’t care to listen
So I started putting up signs all over town
That said my shoe had gone a’missin’
I searched and searched, I looked all day
And nothing did I find
Until the big black bird
Appeared inside my mind
He came when I was sleeping
It was almost like a nightmare
He told me that I’d never get my shoe back
And that I should cease to care
But that’s something I would never do
I needed that shoe of mine
That was my only pair that was black
I wore them when I went to dine
Once I had looked
For almost thirty years
I finally let out
My sad, surrendering tears
The bird had won
I decided that
I did not plan
On getting that shoe back
Once the first tear fell from my eye
I heard a knock on my door
I opened it, yet no one was there
I looked down to the floor
And that’s when I saw it
My very own black shoe!
I could not believe my eyes
I thought it was all a dream too
Then on the underside of the shoe
There was a little note
It was signed from the bird!
And this is what he wrote:
Dear Miss Shoe Owner,
I am sorry to make you cry
All I wanted was a little fun
Now I guess this is goodbye
I cried and cried, I cried all day
But they were happy tears
For that bird had kept me running
Through all these years
Thank you big black bird
Wherever you may be
You forever and always will
Be a friend to me