Sparrows of my childhood have long disappeared,
Eclipsed by doings,
Who’s to be blamed?
Our comforts more comfortable than nature herself?
Their home, as much as ours.
Sparrows of my childhood have long disappeared,
When waking up to morning tunes without alarm shrieks was considered a charm,
And now, trees bemoan without her chick’s chirps,
Oh! Is this the wealth I’m passing onto my children and grandchildren?
Their home, as much as ours.
Sparrows of my childhood have long disappeared,
Without any trace,
Slowly and gradually, cohabitation sadly forgotten,
I wish they’d come back,
Their home, as much as ours.
100 words
Acknowledgements :- Thank you Brendan for hosting Earthweal Weekly Challenge. The prompt this week is “Working for the best present, this shifting, dysynchronous, pre-apocalyptic now“. For rules please refer here. Thank you all for stopping by and reading.
Kitty's Verses 
Those small birds that sang so sweetly through our childhoods – how sad they are gone. I love the repeated lines here, the sparrows, and “their home as much as ours”. I wish more people understood this. I love your poem.
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The frames here–the refrains and repeated first line–surround loss, longing, prayer. And in singing this song, you give us joy.
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It’s a sad bequeathal, a silence where there were starlings once. Somehow they still echo here. Thanks for sharing at earthweal and I hope we’ll see you again soon.
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Wonderful shifts and very serious questions… I wonder what kind of world my son’s will have and whether they can leave it better than the way they inherited it??
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So much depends on the presence of birds. I too love the repetition and the gentle melody it creates. (K)
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The repetition, like birdsong. You’re right.
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Thank you very much. 🙂
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This is so poignant, especially your refrain ‘Their home, as much as ours.’ It should be a real eye-opener when we can no longer here the birds sing!
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Thank you very much, Ingrid. 🙂
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when I heard birdsong today, on a walk, I was entranced – and saddened that it is so infrequent ~
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Yes, true. Thank you for stopping by. 🙂
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