Falcon and Sparrow

A little rhyming children's story about potential, ambition, risk, trust and love.

Falcon and Sparrow

Once a Falcon landed
near a Sparrow on the wall
He noticed there was sadness
In her little birdie call

He asked her “Why so glum?”
To which she sobbed a peep
“I’m stuck here on this ledge
wondering if I should leap.”

The Falcon looked confused
‘till understanding lit his eye
“Do you mean to tell me
You don’t know how to fly?”

“I’ve never really tried,
I just sat there in my nest,
Until a spring wind blew me
Tumbling here to rest.

“Now I think that maybe
This is where I’m meant to be,
For if the world wished different
I’d still be in my tree.”

The Falcon only chuckled
And gave her some advice
“The world will always test you
be you mean, or be you nice.

“If you choose to meet
these things that cause you pain
You will find the sunshine
Hidden in the rain.

“But if you choose to sit here
Scared upon the wall
One way or another
You’re guaranteed to fall.”

The Sparrow thought a moment
And looked a little sick
“Maybe if you pushed me,
that might do the trick?”

The Falcon shook his head,
“The choice is yours to make,
I’ll not have you blame me
With all that is at stake.

“But this I can promise
to stand there on the ground
and if you decide to jump
I’ll see you safe and sound.”

So he waited at the bottom
To catch her should she fall
And watched her make her choice
As she leapt from atop the wall

Tumbling down she came
Sure she was going to die
And then her wings snapped open
And she swept into the sky.

She chirruped with the feeling
Of finally being free
The Falcon right beside her
Racing through the trees.

So they flew together
Off into the blue
The Falcon and the Sparrow
Friends forever true.