beauty reborn (an ode to songbirds)

I heard them sing a song tonight

In the garden right outside.

Where all the flowers bloom and grow

And the birdies need not hide.

For four years now we’ve stayed indoors

While the songbirds play their tune.

And when I look to see outside

I can almost spot the moon.

And the water, too, is safer now,

More blue than years before.

And truthfully we know it’s since

We’ve stayed behind our doors.

So when we get to leave our homes

I hope that I can play

In the garden where the songbirds sing

And forever we can stay.

By Anna Rewick (CA)