Do birds still sing?

Do birds still sing in times of war?

Or are their solemn songs in lament? 

Of life lost and death gained. 

A requiem for the dead, or a mockery for the fallen?

Do birds still chant in oppression? 

A wail for the dead, or a howl at the bloodlust heavens for spirits gone?

Ironically I do see, birds indeed sing for their masters in deathbed, 

to what end I could tell only were I a bird.

So I await, 

till the birds sing on and the time ticks on 

'til the gods send us all into the same unkown eternity, 

then we shall ask, 

do birds still sing?

Guest post - by Ostvald Ayew