Showing posts with label birds joy nature. Show all posts
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Friday, April 14, 2023

The Mourning to Their Joy



Constant twittering fills the air

glorifying this summerlike day of Spring,

a soprano aria floats over the top


twining through the rays of warmth


as a slow, low coo- coo-coo weaves reality


through the counted days of bliss-


the mourning to their joy.


#VerseLove Day 14- Free Writing

So just went with the flow, flow, flow. I was relaxing in my backyard after work listening to the birds chirp away and soaking up some sun. This is a summer-like 80 degree day with pure sunshine. This is extraordinary for April in my part of New York. Then a Mourning Dove started cooing and the line " mourning to their joy" popped into my head. It made me think that even though the weather is joyous right now, it will not be in 2 days- much colder. We will all be mourning the loss of this.


Photo by Marvin Filmaker: https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-close-up-shot-of-a-mourning-dove-15269075/

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