A Poem For You!

The Songbird
By Jason Goldtrap 01.17.10

A songbird can do something no human can do
He can sing simultaneously- not one note but two.
The syrnix, in his throat, allows parallel harmony
So he can sing a duet even if lonely.
About 10 days after hatching he learns his first song,
From Papa bird and his friends when they sing along.
Baby mimics their melody and then over time,
He modifies the chirps; he adds his own lines.
Soon, he's grown up and singing a unique tune,
And filling the trees with peeps, whistles and croons.
And though birdie doesn't know it, he is doing God's will,
And setting an example so our worship may fill
With altos and bass and baritones and tenors,
From the aged, the young, the experienced, the beginners.
For though we don't pick twigs and mold them into nests,
When our homes ring with psalm, we give to God our best.
We become as the Robin, the Thrasher and Nightingale,
And we harmonize with angels just beyond the vale.