Tristan Robert Lange

Nightingale

Why won’t the words come?
Blank like a cloud-filled sky—
 
Why I wonder—why?
Why can I not sing
 
Freely
 
Perched up high
In the sky,
 
A nightingale
Singing her song
 
Even when I cry.
 
© 2026 Tristan Robert Lange. All rights reserved.
First published on tristanrobertlange.com, June 2, 2026.
 
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