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...
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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