Birds

I’m sure as children
you fed the ducks
with bits of old stale bread
and they swam in from afar
sometimes
and many got well fed
we shared and learned to share
a little with the wilder folk
who sang their songs for nothing
and seemingly they spoke

they quacked
and seemed to enjoy it
its clear it helped, and we
got satisfaction from the fact
that they came and we could be
part of their sweet precious lives
if only for a while
go every day and do it
and the birds are going to pile

in on you they’ve told their chums
and all sorts will be there
feeding birds
is beyond words
so please be more aware

get a plastic bottle
shove a wooden spoon through it
and a hole above the spoon
fill it up with wild bird seed
hang it on a tree
and in your garden you will hear
at a tune

they will bring the wild flowers
showers will fall and they
will bring the fruit upon their backs
every single day
and soon the wild adornments
will show their pretty head
and you will have a little splash
from a brand new wild flower bed

In India and other places
where food might not be
so evident a few sweet souls
provide it and we see
many of these little friends
fly in, so learn to share
for thinking of our
feathered friends
and more will then be there