Kim Rodrigues Poet Verse

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As a bird sings its beautiful song...as I've been been busy all morning...as I sit here, in early afternoon drinking my first cup of coffee...as I catch up on the awful news...the bird sings whilst many grieve...joy and sorrow, sing together

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bad news on t v

twoo twoo twoo
   twee twee twee
O the cheerful melody

bad news on t.v.
floods are carried away
Dear children swept like dust

twoo twoo twoo
   twee twee twee
O the cheerful melody

that once filled the camp
there was dancing and crafts
and a chain of hands

twoo twoo twoo
   twee twee twee
O the cheerful melody

of the waters, beautifully sunned
then in one catastrophic strophe
a beast arises, releases frenzy

twoo twoo twoo
   twee twee twee
O the cheerful melody

of campers, one minute
sleeping, tethered to their beds
then out of their heads with fear

twoo twoo twoo
   twee twee twee
O the cheerful melody

of birds in the calm of afternoon
a cup of overflowing caffeine
pleasantry and dreams

   dreadful nightmares
hold our loved ones close
we must. we live. we cry.

twoo twoo twoo
   twee twee twee
O the cheerful melody
  O the cheerful melody
     O the cheerful m
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Paige Hind July 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM This is so heartwarming. The birds are like that. They sing to us, and we can take hope even admist trouble around us. <3 Kim Rodrigues July 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM We are comforted by the lovely melody and sometimes haunted by it as well, though we can’t absorb each suffering, for a while we cry with those who are suffering. Hugs

Bj Legros Kelley July 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM Oh Kim, isn't it horrible? Oh my Lord, so devastating. Yes we hold them tightly in our prayers. I dreamt of them all night, in tears in sleep. What a beautiful deception, the song of cheerful song of the birds and yet, the children and those who now dwell in Paradise would tell us "Oh, the songs are still being sung, and the birds here are more cheerful than the birds in the woods, it is well with our souls!" We need to try desperately to focus on heaven, and share the view <3 Hugs to you dear Kim<3 Kim Rodrigues July 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM BJ, thank you so much for a poignant comment. I wasn’t sure how this one would be taken. I mean it with the greatest respect. God bless you! <3