EVERYONE SANG

Everyone suddenly burst out singing;
And I was filled with such delight
As prisoned birds must find in freedom
Winging wildly across the white
Orchards and dark green fields; on; on; and out of sight.

Everyone’s voice was suddenly lifted,
And beauty came like the setting sun.
My heart was shaken by tears, and horror
Drifted away.... O, but everyone
Was a bird; and the song was wordless; the singing will never be done.


Siegfried Sassoon---