Bird Sing

I worry that my thoughts aren’t original,

Yet I feel compelled to share them anyway.

I do try to check to see if there is a clear path to attribute the one or the many who thought, said, or wrote it first.

As I walked many years ago on the path I still walk,

I heard the symphony of song that happens every day everywhere when dozens of species celebrate the dawning of a new day.

I thought that it would be wise for humankind to realize that it was the bird who taught us to sing,

Not the other way around.

One related thought that occurred to me was that this was about putting the humility back in humanity.

If humans have dominion, why is it that birds sing more beautifully than almost any human?

Would any human sing if there had never been a bird song?

This world is tough enough.

What if we never heard a bird sing?