I suspect many if not most of us are inclined to
misinterpret images conjured up by our dream selves, failing to see them as
warning signs and as good a reason as any to take a closer look at ourselves…
The dawn chorus, for some of us, can be something of a
wake-up call in more ways than one, lifting spirits and appealing to a bold imagination and spirituality, but only if we let it.
Too often, we get stuck in psycho-emotional rut of our own making and we need to listen to nature's song, tap into its freely flowing potential for positive thinking.
WAKE-UP CALL
Glad chorus
greets a dawn birthing
brave new worlds
to a Here-and-Now
custom built
Love in the air,
snakes in long grass,
good and bad
sharing our burden
of choice
Lark, skylark,
dear symbol of light
and beauty,
victim of Man’s
sheer apathy
Let us not dwell
on any fears haunting
our pillows,
all that’s between us
self-destruct
Follow the skylark,
take a cue from nature,
seize the day
for the beauty we see
in one another
Copyright R. N. Taber 2000; 2016
[Note: This poem is a later version of the original that
appears in 1st eds. of Love and Human Remains by R. N. Taber, Assembly
Books, 2000 as ‘Alarm Call’; revised ed. in e-format in preparation.]
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