To go on living…

Layers of birdsong

each unique

echoing back and forth

cascading into a sea

of melody.

The song of life

reverberating through

beak, bone and feather

for all the world to hear.

The song of the dead

is everywhere,

yet hidden behind

the veil.

Singing heard

not with our ears

but felt

in our hearts

reverberating in

tissue, bone

and soul.

It is up to us

to translate

their songs

within us.

Singing a new song.

Combining souls

and hearts of the past

for all to hear,

to feel

to linger

and

to remember.