The Birds Mock Me Because I Cannot Fly

The Birds Mock Me Because I Cannot Fly

The birds mock me because I cannot fly,

the cattle glare and look with appall,

the insects chitter because I'm the worst of them all.

The cheetahs snicker because I can never keep up when it's time to race,

and to the owls, I can't even show my face.

The canaries scoff at my off pitch voice,

and the monkeys cackle at my failure to climb,

and even nature laughs, a cruel and pitying laughter, because I do not know who I am at all, and there is no place for someone like me in this jungle.