When The Birds Sing

When the birds sing

What do they proclaim 

Thanksgiving and love  

For food and nest and sun

The community of their chorus

Who could deny their sincerity

When they still to silence

Is it peace they enjoy

That all is well and at rest

When the wind moves

Gently through the trees

Does it whisper

Of love and steadfastness

Of hope and endurance

Of goodness and redemption

Though their leaves fall

They again return

To speak of life anew

For the birds

Remember their song

And the trees 

do not forget their dance

So to remind themselves

And us

That we are not alone

We are not forgotten 

That we are loved

And wanted