My husband found them--
two tiny birds
huddled close in a nest.
They were dead,
killed by the sudden, hard
cold of the past week.
In the frozen nest
were two pieces of bread
brought by the mother bird
or maybe the father,
offering life
to newborns long cold.
Oh my... I had only been thinking of my flowers in this freezing spring weather. I had forgotten about spring's baby creatures. How sad...
ReplyDeleteIf you get a chance, read Julie Zickefoose's blog. She's a nature writer from near Marietta and just after I wrote this piece i heard her talking about the very same thing on the radio.
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