Birdsong

So many songbirds

Singing with pure tones and strong

So many songbirds

Seem to be calling each other

Let my heart sing along!

Their happy songs call and echo

From tree to lamppost, to rooftop, to wire

From grassy knoll to thorny bush

Their songs rise up louder and higher!

From predawn to early dusk

 Their arias wax triumphant.

Fortissimo to pianissimo

And back to fortissimo sounding like trumpets!

Some calls sound like laughter

Some sound scratchy and screechy

Some sound like a woodwind chorus

With all of their voices blending quite neatly.

From such delicate bodies

A plethora of vocalizations resound

Not one song but many

Enmeshed and intertwined in a rich

Full bodied heavenly sound.

So many songbirds

Singing  with pure tones and strong

So many songbirds

Calling to each other,

Let my heart sing along!