Another sparrowlet for dverse.
Painting by Franz Marc

Today, the sun
Another time, another place,
another star system in space,
perhaps a green bank of wild thyme,
or just another dark disgrace,
another case of human crime,
another place, another time.
Testing waters, digging in deep,
while shells rain down and murder sleep,
huddle with your sons and daughters.
The wide world over mothers weep,
listening to lies and mortars,
digging in deep, testing waters.
Today the sun shines bright and clear,
the only sound that I can hear,
the birds, that sing the day begun,
remind me I have none to fear,
for my world, that is not undone,
shines bright and clear. Today, the sun.