Two Little Doves

Two Little Doves

Two little doves sat on a wall

watching the world, saying nothing at all

they did not ask, they did not need

they lived on air, on time, on seed

They kept together, day and night

soft as shadows, small and white

they flew through rain, they braved the cold

their story quiet, their bond was bold

One morning came, the sky was grey

one rose up, the other stayed

the garden hushed, the ivy stirred

but silence kept, no answering word

The dove that stayed would not let go

it waited there through sun, through snow

its song was low, it never moved

for love had once been surely proved

And still they say, when twilight comes

two shadows fall where the ivy runs

two little doves, their vow unspoken

a promise made, and never broken.