Lockdown

A Poem

Photo by Andreas P. on Unsplash

The birds woke me up, they all sound excited,
I sit up and wonder — why so delighted?

Can’t they sense catastrophe is in the air?
What are they singing about over there?

One lands on my window and I hear him say,
“Look on the bright side” — then he flies away.

I know times are hard, but here’s the thing —
The world is finally quiet enough to hear them sing.