Lockdown
A Poem
Published in
Nov 8, 2020
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.