It’s so lonely down here
why can’t I be like other birds?
Soaring through the skies
wind beneath my wings.

I come out at night for a reason
I’m ashamed to be seen
my friends Kea and Kakapo
living the dream.

A flightless Kiwi
nose to the ground
I smell my own fear
of not being off the ground

A national treasure, I can’t die
protected from birth
I have my upsides, but dammit
I can’t fly!