Vanishing Song Birds
Be the Change Poems, Prayers and Meditations for Peacemakers and Justice Seekers
By Stephen M. Shick
This collection is designed to inspire and sustain activists and others who are working for a better world. Brimming with poignant and inspirational quotations and verse from Jesus to Shakespeare to Edna St. Vincent Millay, Rachel Carson and Maya Angelou.
I understand history as possibility...that could also stop being a possibility. —Paulo Freire
The winds of extinction sing a mournful song
in the rustling grass,
where the bobwhite drums
and the meadowlark's melody is vanishing.
The winds of extinction sing a mournful song
in the dark forest shadows,
where the boreal chickadee's
voice is no longer heard
and the grosbeak
serenades a coming hush.
The winds of extinction sing a mournful song
over the troubled waters,
where the great scaup
quietly rests for the last time
and the harsh-voiced tern
skydives to death.
The winds of extinction sing a mournful song
while we wait
to find our voices
to sing for their rebirth.
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