Early Bird Tweets

Halfway through dawn

birds chime in

singing on a fresh,

mid-autumn day.

Greeting each other,

sweetly tweeting each other,

saying hello

as they make first flights.

Alighting from branches,

they rouse their friends,

with harsh, scolding chirps.

The sky lighter now,

sounds and songs grow

to fill the air with

unwritten music

as more birds join in

the morning canticle.

Cooing Peaceful Doves,

Rosellas chattering,

Swallows darting,

Finches cheeping,

and chirruping

because they can.

Honeyeaters appear

ready to devour

yellow pink Grevilleas;

to suck out nectar

while pre-dawn dew still

glistens on leaves, shrubs,

and every blade of grass;

making jewels in my garden.

Cockatoos screech

out good mornings;

angels with gold crowns,

announcing their

celestial presence

outside my bedroom window.

I rest my eyes again,

lulled back to sleep

by the birdsong.