Innocent children of the air,
Why do you come to my call?
Does the sound of my music resonate within
as your wings swoop and skim
along the water's edge?

God's sun shines on your backs
now blue! Now green!
Reflecting the colour of His eyes.
How do you make my plodding heart
so light?

Harbingers of God's joy
I am a temporal creature and never shall fly.
I need not touch the purity of your feathers.
You need only dip your wings to lend God's grace
to  me.