THE BIRD

THE BIRD AS I WAS WALKING ALONG THE PIER ONE DAY I PASSED A PILGRIM BIRD GOING BY I HEARD IT CRY OUT A SINGLE WORD STOP! SAID HE AND THAT I DID AND TURNED AROUND TO SEE A STRANGE LOOKING BIRD WHOSE SINGLE BLACK EYE WAS LOOKING STRAIGHT AT ME HUMAN, SAID HE THERE BY THE SEA ON THAT SUNNY DAY IN JUNE I SEE YOUR KIND THAT WALK THE EARTH THROWING TRASH AND TAKING WORTH I SEE YOU DUMP UPON THE LAND AND ALL THAT SUFFER BY YOUR HAND I SMELL YOUR AWFUL HUMAN WASTE THE SMOKE YOU SPEW IS HARD TO TASTE I SEE YOUR CITIES BLACK AND SOOTY YOU’VE RUINED ALL OUR FOREST’S BEAUTY YOU THROW YOUR PLASTIC IN THE SEA YOU POISON ALL THE THINGS WE SEE AND NOW YOUR STANDING HERE WITH ME AND NOT A SINGLE TEAR I SEE OH HUMAN MAN WHEN WILL YOUR LEARN THAT WHAT YOU SOW IS WHAT YOU’LL EARN AND ON THAT FATEFUL DARKEST DAY YOU’LL THINK OF ALL THE THINGS I SAY BUT THEN YOU’LL KNOW THAT IT’S TO LATE YOU’LL KNOW THAT YOU HAVE MET YOUR FATE AND WHEN YOU LOOK UP IN THE SKY NO BIRD YOU’LL SEE WITH ONE BLACK EYE