What the birds sing

Humans turn

the wheel,

the grind,

for money,

for status,

and then

there are those who feed the birds.

For every computer-slave

asked to do more,

hunched and typing,

output only,

there is a yogi

unbending bends,

softening shoulders,

connecting us with breath.

This morning,

thousands of birds sang

prayers to the sun.

Those who fed them heard

their names sung out

in celebration.