Love Is A Thing

Love is a thing that must be shared by two

Seems hard to love one who does not love you

Few until death remain as husband and wife

Their love for each other did not last for life

The love of most mothers for their children a lifetime remain strong

A form of love that to true love belong

Though the love between a minority of mothers and their children a lifetime does not remain

Even this bond does break when under severe strain

That there are many forms of love seems true for to say

Some last a whole lifetime and some quick to fade away

But those old words of wisdom worthy of recall

Better to know of love and lose than never know of love at all

It can end in tears what begins with a kiss

But when in full bloom it can be earthly bliss.

Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoos

These big dark brown parrots of humans quite shy

Do call out 'wee yu' as in small flocks they fly

Though some do refer to them as the weerloos 

They are better known as yellow tailed black cockatoos

In a cavity in a tall old tree from view well hidden away

Generally one large white egg the female bird lay

Their low breeding rate the reason their numbers by the years do not multiply

That Nature works in it's own way one cannot deny

Yellow tailed black cockatoos have a healthy appetite

Dark seeds from pine cones and seeds frome hakea nuts are in their diet

As well as grubs they find under bark of older tree

Which to their taste buds is a delicacy

With yellow on either cheek and some yellow on tail but mostly mottled dark brown

They are sometimes seen in the park of a country town

From other cockatoos in voice and appearance different with ways of their own

To birds watchers and bird fanciers they are well known

They never flock with other species among their own kind they stay

Birds i see often though not every day

These big dark brown parrots of human kind shy

Wee yu wee yu they call out as they fly.

Leave It To Others

Leave it to others to praise you if praise is your due

As self praise is no praise remains ever true

Nowadays self promotion does seem an in thing

So many their own praises willing to sing

So many their own selves like to celebrate

The ego is not a hard thing to inflate

In the twenty first century narcissism is on the rise

Suppose in the age of advanced technology this is not a surprise

Those into the promotion of the self  it seems true to say

From their higher selves are the furthest away

The humble of mind may becoming more rare

Yet of the needs of others they do seem aware

Those of singing their own praises who never seem to tire

Are not the sort of people that i do admire.

Red Wattlebirds

Not pleasant to listen to the hoarse song they were born with to sing

In every garden in their range with flowering trees their voices a familiar thing

Birds you will know again when them you see and hear

Red wattlebirds their name as they have visible red wattles hanging from under either ear

Of humans they show a respectable fear

And their coughing like calls can be heard at anytime of year

Thrush sized birds with red eyes and slightly curved long thin bills and mostly speckled brown

They even visit the flowering trees in the parks of the town

In a saucer type nest of twigs on fork of branch of tree

The female lay pink spotted eggs of two or three

Honeyeaters to follow their food source they do travel far

And you will always see and hear them where lots of insects and flowering trees are

Birds that will never be famed for their song

But once seen and once heard you will never again get them wrong.

The Bellowing Bull

Last night the bull in the paddock nearby for a few hours kept me awake

He kept bellowing on until the grey of daybreak

And since to bellow at he does not have a neighbour bull

Perhaps the reason for his bellowing is that the moon it was full

If the moon effects some people then it must affect animals in some sort of a way

Since i never do hear him bellowing by day

But for keeping me awake for a few hours last night him i do not blame

Since most animals in their behaviour feel no sense of shame

If your neighbours are playing loud music about it to them you can complain

But complaining to a bull any satisfaction from him you will not gain

Today he is quite with his cows chewing his cud he does lay

I never do hear him bellow by day

Perhaps the moon does affect him in some sort of a way

As he bellowed all night until the break of day.

Quite Bleak Overall

In Australia feral cats and foxes have pushed many small species of wildlife to extinction brink

That because of them many species have become endangered so sad of to think

That this never makes news headlines only true to say

That wildlife are not seen as important in the World of today

To the few who speak out for the preservation of wildlife great credit is due

On so doing to their higher selves they are only being true

Millions of birds and small animals being slaughtered by cats and foxes every year

That many small creatures need protection from introduced predators is obviously clear

Due to the destruction of natural habitat for development as well as climate change wild creatures are doing it tough

For their survival with these things to contend with ought to be enough

And add to this the mass slaughter by predators makes their struggle for survival harder by far

Small animal and bird numbers are dwindling where introduced predators are

Little hope in Australia in their wild state for birds and creatures that are small

The future for them looks quite bleak overall.

In The Minority

I was not one born to life for to fight in a war

Though from where i first saw light of day in distance i live far

I do not wish to treat as my enemy

People who never have done any harm to me

I look on most twenty first century ways of living and thinking to many differerently

Which suppose places me in the minority

Over promotion of self to me to narcissism belong

And not true love of self but self love gone wrong

The humble achiever nowadays is a thing of the past

But then few things in human life ever does seem to last

Suppose it is hard to remain humble when many laud you as a great

The ego is not that hard for to inflate

In the age of the internet over promotion of the self is on the rise

A reason for the rise in narcissistic behaviour one does come to realize

There has always been narcissistic people but their numbers on the increase of late

So many their own selves love to celebrate

Of their patriotic love of Country patriots may love to brag

Far too many have died for the love of a flag

But the egotistical people who start war in wars never die

And that most political leaders are narcissistic is not telling a lie.