Dorothea Barth Musician and WriterElegant Violin Music for your Wedding or Special EventCeltic Sheet Music Arrangements
Original CompositionsPoetry and Prose

by Dorothea Barth ©2010

They scramble by the dozens here to feed
Entangled feathers, pearl and charcoal grey
In search of gifts amidst the unkempt weed
Perhaps some human discards tossed their way

A bit of pretzel, crumbs of once fresh bread
Uncooked spaghetti left to pulverize
They battle loud, but grief they soon forget
Content with just a portion of the prize

Their bellies full, they're free their wings to flex
We humans with our taste for finer fare
Must strategize survival more complex
Sustained our struggle, home or heart to spare

For warm bread, wine, and pasta cooked just right,
We toil each day and then forsake the flight