Abandoned Eggs

I saw two green blotched eggs on short grass on the ground Masked lapwing eggs though none of their kind anywhere near around Birds quite defensive of their territory Their absence seemed quite puzzling to me The abandoned eggs to the touch seemed quite cold A thing of natural beauty to behold No angry lapwings screaming above my head Methought the owners of the eggs may be dead The masked lapwing or spur wing plovers their eggs and young defend And at breeding time none to them is a friend Had they been around they would take to the sky And scream at me as close to me they did fly I left the eggs there to naturally decay Such things one see in Nature every day.