Cold truth

Of all the songs I've heard it is the night bird that has the loneliest word

On the dark breeze does sail her tale with a mournful wail 

From beneath the lees of a dead tree's leaves come her pleas

Cold eggs rest in a bare nest no longer warmed by a parent's breast

Her lifelong mate has met his fate now warming the dinner plate

Reviews

[RomaJ]

Soren, have you ever heard of the Kauaʻi ʻŌʻō? They say it's the loneliest bird. It's a rare bird with a beautiful song. It's song is a call to find a mate. They say the bird went extinct and only one male was left and in the eighties it's song, could still be heard, calling for a mate until it went silent, never to be heard again. It's song is so beautiful and so sad because a female will never answer his song. I think a scientist recorded the bird and you can still hear it on YouTube, it's so haunting that it's looking for a mate, that will never come...I highly recommend listening to the bird sing: Kauaʻi ʻŌʻō. I guess, some truths are as rare, as this bird. Beautiful imagery and it reminded me of this bird's lonely song.
Roma

[Soren]

Thank you so much Roma not only for the read but for sharing that beautiful but sad story. I listened to it and it was most beautiful. We preserve a few hundred acres of forest around the house for wildlife that now have nowhere else to go. Appreciate your reads and insight my friend

[Betty Hermelee]

Dear Soren
so true, but sad to think about how it got from its nest to the dinner plate.. I guess many of them went to the dinner plate recently...life and death, in the blink of an eye, well described my friend....
Warmly, B

[Soren]

Thank you so much Betty for your read and kind words of encouragement they are most appreciated.

[Thomas W Case]

Beautiful use of memory-triggering sound. Great work.

[Soren]

Thank you so much Thomas it is most appreciated