I Heard The Black Swans Cry

Above the coastal Town I heard the black swans cry As to their feeding grounds they flew across the sky To estuary or lake they travelled in the night It was not a big flock they flew at a great height. I knew them by their cries their voices a give away I've seldom seen black swans flying in the light of day Why this happens to be so ask one other than me To travel in the night to them comes naturally. Even on the darkest night they reach their destiny I even ask myself how this can ever be How can they make their way without a visible landmark And reach new feeding grounds on nights stormy and dark. At Nature's mysteries my wonder only grow And of Nature's birds and beasts little I seem to know But every day we live we learn something new And Nature needs her friends since her friends are too few. On the flags of the empty streets teenagers roller bladed up and down And I heard the black swans cry above the moonlit Town I knew them by their cries birds voices never lie Towards new feeding grounds they flew across the cold night sky