Chirping Birds

Don’t listen to the mocking birds

Who grin from beak to beak

All their words, are little turds

That plop down as they speak

The cuckoo birds sing silly songs

To remind us all, of all our wrongs

And we find ourselves singing along

‘Cause it’s been repeated for so long

Remember those chirps are only words

That spin a web of lies

And the intentions of these little birds

Is evil in disguise

I think it’s time for a new flock

Of friends instead of foes

Ones who praise rather than mock

As we go through trials and woes?

So let’s sing our song and dance our dance

In a tree just for you and me

No one will sing along or take our stance

But we’ll be as happy as we can be

by Lauren Elliott

Words In Motion 2014