Bird of Courage
In my garden, many trees were planted to grow
In the middle, one stood tall and beautiful
Its green leaves and size gave me pride
For with courage I sweated to feed it
Into it, from all corners flew and sat
Many more weaved for their eggs to lay
A shelter for the eggs to lay and hatch fledgelings
With courage, day and night the birds toiled
No birds’ nests the tree hated
In the branches, many were dangling
Majority fell off under a strong wind
The coward birds abandoned the tree
Unscathed was one nest inside the branches
To the father weaver, it gave hope
To allow it to survive, the wind will stop
And no more birds will venture in this shrub
Mother and father birds will join to celebrate
Their wings, they will flap; they will hum
For their nest endured the fate
The winds are over to live another time
Repelling nest will live an amazing moment
For through hurdles some perished
As their hope vanquished in the universe
To rejoice the weavers, fledgelings will mature
Birds of courage will never abandon such a fight
Poem by Mugisho N Theophile
Copyright © Mugisho Theophile | Year Posted 2017
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