Sweet Bird

Why does God send this me this bird this day?
Does He want me to listen to its song,
To try to hear just what it has to say
for it to help me as I go along?

What can there be to catch from its clear note,
repeated with some variation small?
The limpid music issuing from its throat
seems not to have a thought for me at all.

Come to announce the day to me at dawn,
Your needed rest is over now, awake!
Once more the night has fled, the dark is gone,
arise, rejoice, get busy for God's sake!

I thank You, Lord, for this sweet bird and day,
for me to pray and study, work and play.

                               -- by Pete Voelz      2/06