Lyrebird

Songs and chords they sing to us Almost every day, Some are very musical Some just sing their way. Though today when I was tuning in I heard it word for word The message from the greatest ave Our clever lyrebird… “I’ve talked with all the animals Of present circumstance The mourning of our people From gifting such a chance To share in all the beauty You preserved and kept Thrown back at you with scornful spew And total disrespect. We’ve witnessed all the suffering That humans have endured, How every time you rose above Goodness you secured. Harmony had come to be Right from the dreamtime Lines are strong and never wrong Where Peace is yours and mine. So, You will overcome this That conflict and that strife, Soon there’ll be tranquility And a happy life Once there was for yet to be The cycle carries on Here upon our sacred land Under our great Sun” Then he looped around me And vanished in the grass Leaving me awakened With glimpses of the past...