Answer:
White bird, featherless, flying out of paradise. Flying over sea and land. Dying in my hand.
What's as small as a mouse but guards a house like a lion?
What has roots that nobody sees, and is taller than trees. Up, up it goes, and yet it never grows.
If you break me, I do not stop working. If you touch me, I may be snared. If you lose me, nothing will matter.
They belong to me; they belong to you; They can make you feel happy or make you feel blue; They never end until the day you do.
Almost everyone needs it, asks for it, gives it. But almost nobody takes it.