It’s a scientific fact
dinosaurs sported feathers first
evolving into birds of flight
that grace our skies today
And science proclaims thousands
of different species
every color shape and size
flying over mountaintops and oceans
riding winds of change
I may not be religious
but it’s surely more than science
that pulls each bird back toward home
after traveling the world
It’s surely more than science
that compels those swallows
to return
with precision every year
on the feast day of St Joseph,
patron saint of immigrants,
defender of the poor
There’s a secret waiting in each egg
that hatches into being
an age-old hidden mystery
or maybe it’s divine –
the scientific secret code
directing every heart that beats
Forever, throughout time
(Day 21: 1 subject 30 ways #sciencepoem)
this is really beautiful Kathleen!