Something About Birds
When Seagulls return each spring my spirits lift
Watching them ride the wind currents cleansing the earth
Renewal fills my being
Doves tails pure as cotton cloud silk bring hearts and hands together
The Meadowlarks jubilant notes, my father cheers me from another sphere
When Mary left this plane, two eagles soared above the funeral home
Dancing and twisting, higher and higher they flew towards the aura of light
Canadian Geese fly together never leaving anyone behind
They form an arrow guide encouraging their friends with chiming chants
toward their future nests
When precious Princess our tuxedo cat passed away
An unusual black and white humming bird came to the window a few days later
It hovered, watching
Unlike the rest of the creatures of the earth birds have learned to defy it's pull
and soar in loftier places above the rest
They encourage us to spread our wings and sing
Something beyond words
Speaks through birds
