The Wonderful Wisdom Of Sparrows Poem by Denis Martindale

While Man can study maps of war
And move the soldiers on,
The sparrows know what life is for
And live till life has gone...
Man builds his tanks and shells and such,
While sparrows build their nests,
Man so completely out of touch,
His evil never rests...
The sparrows merely search for twigs,
Till nests come into form,
Then every jagged point will fix
Till each nest feels quite warm...
But Man shoots bombs across the skies,
At strangers far away,
As if somehow this still proves wise,
Ignoring Judgement Day...
The sparrows raise their little ones
Who chirp for food to eat,
While Man as ever proves the dunce
Who kills just to compete...


Denis Martindale April 2017.