Early City Morning Song
Tui Photo, Courtesy of Helen Parkes Early City Morning Early morning on an Auckland Street A tui sings and it’s such a treat To hear such sounds within a city With all its concrete which is not so pretty As cars wiz by and I wait for a bus I can feel the urgency that comes from us Humans who are needing to start the day Involving work where they have no time to play The busyness of a city life With all its fuss and workplace strife Those on the bus sit silent and still Like hospital patients who are feeling ill But at 5am it’s hard to feel Bouncy and enthusiastic like me Because I heard the birds singing a lovely song Reminding me of the countryside where I have come from A reminder that their presence in a city is never wrong