The Two Sparrows (Free Verse Sonnet) Poem by Gert Strydom

I see the two sparrows chirp and sing twittering
where they are eating the miniature Christmas cactus to pieces
as if they do know something of the leaves of it
when they do notice me like two naughty children do jump away,
then again do fly in a wide circle,
do believe that I did forget them and their deeds
and before I know it they have started again
and they jerk at the plant and eat string upon string
before they do flutter and fly
at a distance do look attentively at me
do comb their feathers at the outer wall
to mislead me with their intentions
but it's as if always they are looking at the plant
then again do jump in and eat it to the stem.

© Gert Strydom