Dawn Chorus

It starts with one.
One skylark singing.
One Carson warning.
Then the robins and blackbirds join in. 
The early birds, like Carson.
Then the wrens and warblers
as the daylight warms them.
Listen.
Can you hear them?
The warning calls are warming up as well,
strengthening their numbers 
as the bird song
dies away.
Listen.
Listen.
Can you hear them?
Listen. 
Don’t sleep.
Don’t wait
to hear 
the silence.




First published by Ealain, Extinctions Issue 7, April, 2015




http://www.magzter.com/ZA/MPA-Publishing/Ealain/Art/142103?

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