Where the Bluebird Hides

By Yoonhee Kim

There's a bluebird in my heart that

wants to get out

It flocks its feathers

Flocks Flocks Flocks

But I swallow him back down

I say, stay down you bluebird

You make me weak

There's a bluebird in my heart that

wants to get out

Scanning each rib searching for an opening

but with a forced smile

I laugh at him and lock him in.

My friends, they laugh too and

are not able to see beyond

Beyond the heart where the bluebird hides

There's a bluebird in my heart that

wants to get out

Its wings are too tough

for the weak heart at night

The bluebird escapes and I

I let it be, flying freely

There's a bluebird in my heart that

wants to get out

It sings only what I can hear

The melody matching to every thump of my heart

You hear that? There. Thump. Thump.

I say, get out, go free yourself

For you know what they all say,

the early bird catches the worm

Yoonhee Kim is a freshman at the University at Albany, State University of New York. She is considering majoring in public health.