Sharper Eyes - Arthur Russell

You got sharper eyes than me, old bird

To see a worm so far away

You shift your wing, you don’t say a word

You knew just where the earthworm lay

Like melting snow, you have your way

No predator will watch your perch

I see you looking at the sky

It aids my sigh, it ends my search

Like birds, I watch your every movement

That climbs inside my heart’s desire

But now, I find desire imbues it

My heart is stuck like birds on wire

How can these words reveal the season?

New leaves unfold in every breath

On grass I lay, could find no reason

Desire your touch or fear of death

I love your smile when you show it

Your fingers in my hand

When we fly like this, you know it

I love the bed on which we land