70 Percent of Songbirds Never Die of Old Age

Songbirds, such as sparrows, don’t have
much of a chance to live long lives.
Predators kill 70 percent of them
before they reach old age.

How I hated to read about that.
Sweet singing little birds’ lives snuffed out,
always having to worry about being killed.
Awful way to have to live.

How I hate that part of nature.
How I wonder why a Creator set things
up like that.

If I didn’t believe in a benevolent God
it would be easier to accept the tragic
deaths of little singing birds.
Though I wouldn’t like it, I’d reason
that’s just the way it is.

But it saddens me that those little birds
don’t have much of a chance in life.
And always have to be fearful that
a lucking predator is going to end
them forever.

And I hate how there is so much
carnage in nature.

Bob Boyd

Author: BobBoyd

Age 80. Cancer survivor since 3 years ago. Work out 3 times a week. Ride my exercise bike 2 hours a day. Live a solo reclusive life. Retired a year ago from working with the elderly in a nonprofit. Started writing poetry a little over a year ago; most poems I write are fictional but some are not. Spiritual with a permanent spiritual experience. Write poems on many subjects. Always researching for many of my poems and because of my unquenchable thirst for knowledge. After reading and hearing about many near death experiences and death bed visions, I believe death is the ultimate awakening and the relocation of a lifetime. You may believe differently, but you have the right to be wrong -- I'm just messing with you. :-) View all posts by BobBoyd