“The Return,” New Era, Aug. 1994, 20
The Return
They’re coming, Mother said
and she got out her best decorations.
She put out her brightly colored
flowers and plants.
And she watered everything carefully
just so they could grow.
She did everything that she could,
just to let them know that they
were welcome back.
And then her birds came home.
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