SYNERGIST

All day,
I've listened to the song
of a single cardinal,
ripple stillness
just outside my office window.
An opera in red tux,
his throat is a spring
which stretches an aria,
through the cluttered house
of sound, awakening memories
of events since past.
The timbre enlivens my heart.
I can almost touch,
what once was,
as it floats between,
song and wind. An inflection,
so crisp, that I'm convinced
the cardinal sings for more
than to merely texture,
the commotion.
His tune incites another gift.
He performs daily
tireless and without hoarseness
to make sad hearts flutter.

— Michael Keshigian


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