Tag Archives: song

BALANCE OF POWER

Photo by Yan Krukau on Pexels.com

Nature restores balance

upset by human hands

on air and sea and land.

Government becomes unbalanced

when leaders fail to understand

no government can serve us

when controlled by a single man.

No single party can control

a seamless governance of the whole.

Power unbalanced is doomed to fail.

History and Nature tell the tale.

Diversity is the golden rule of life,

counteracting hidden strife

as it strives to interact and share

what keeps the planet alive and fair,

what makes us glad to be alive.

Cooperation is not just wise.

It is the seed of all that grows.

It is the only means Nature knows

to grow the wheat and the rose,

to water the farmland and dry the bog,

to cool summer heat and fire winter’s log,

to spread seeds on the breeze of dawn

and weight the wind blowing too strong.

We have run away from Nature far too long.

We have forgotten to listen to Nature’s song.


We have been singing a discordant tune

Photo by Kampus Production on Pexels.com

to instruments so loud, the song is ruined.

But Nature always restores balance.

It is the base note of Nature’s parlance.

Take off your shoes and walk in the grass.

Feel the freedom you feared lost in the past.

Turn your face into the wind and hold tight.

Feel the freedom you feared lost beyond your sight.

Wade in puddles catching raindrops on your tongue.

Feel the freedom you feared lost and with hands wrung.

We fear we have no way to save our nation.

But Nature gives us a new generation

every spring and through every season

Nature restores our world and our reason.

Balance of Power is the song of the hour.

Leave a comment

Filed under POETRY, POLITICS

BIRD BATH BEAT

Photo by Mason McCall on Pexels.com

Spirited sparrows and wrens so dull and drab

mingle with cardinals beautifully clad.

Sultry robin pulls closed her robe

leaving her breasts cleverly exposed.

Flicker rounds on the oldest tree 

and begins a steady beat.

Sweet arias of birdsong lift to compete,

their voices familiar and strong

while mourning doves amble along,

chaperones staying and swaying in step.

Listening and watching such beauty I wept.

Each bird’s note has a place in the chorus

of avian talent displayed before us. 

Each wing and beak in flighty choreography

tells a breathtaking story of bird glory.

Insects hiding beneath dark-dank spaces

have no chance amidst such diving graces.

The sun arises each morn as do I

to enjoy their dance before birds take to the sky.

Leave a comment

Filed under POETRY

LIFT EVERY VOICE

Photo by Grigoriy on Pexels.com

Is it the nightingale

whose song we hear

as day turns to night

and weakens us with fright?

Or the lark whose sweet song

drifts upon the rising dawn

announcing a new day has begun?

Together, they make music

and fill our world with song

that we may dance,

in graceful strides forward,

to encourage and make us strong.

Lift every voice and sing.

It is time to sing along.

Leave a comment

Filed under POETRY