My Baby Bird

The day we met you sang to me,
Some random line from a pop song,
One I'd heard a million times before
And would somehow become our song.

How could it not be our song?

Of course I was gorgeous.
I had on that top you liked so much,
With the cute skirt to match,
The one that covered just enough to be suggestive.

You took me to see them play
For our first date -
The LeeStock Music Festival -
Those lyrical song birds took flight!

Listening to the ebb and flow of the music
Made my heart take flight
Unsteady baby steps at first
Like a bird fresh out of the nest.

For our first anniversary
You bought me that picture,
The one by Ms Ursin I fell for,
Even if it was just a print.

You said it reminded you of me,
Filled with all the sweetness
And innocence that can only be found
In a young chick scratching for bugs.

It reminded me of you as well -
Filled with the warmth of a summer day
But with a twinkle in the eye
That could only mean a touch of mischief.

Now I could not ask for anything more:
Not a thousand hours of songs
Nor a million masterpieces
Could match the gift you have given me.

That twinkle in you eye remains
Still bright after all these years,
Perhaps brighter for what we hold -
Our darling Baby Bird.