If I could

If I could, I'd spread my arms and change them into wings

Embrace blue skies with fearless flight as feathers grew

And gaze upon the world that was once so small and all I knew

If I could, I'd swing through mazes of twisted branches

Sliding down the snaking trucks of tall trees

Hopping to the next one with such agility and ease

If I could, I'd race across the snowy tips of the mountains

And with pounding paws and pounding heart run all afternoon

Then, as night fell cast my head back to howl at the harvest moon