Because
They Can
Birds
sing...
simply
because they can.
Wasps sting,
for much the same reason.
Why is this,
I wonder?
A Cat,
will climb a tree,
though it knows not the way,
back down again.
yet, strangely...
they still climb trees,
and always will.
Still...,
we cant change that now...
can we.
The passing blink of an eye,
we know surely to be followed by another,
whether noticed or not,
we know it will happen.
But life...
Well...,
that is a different kettle of fish,
all together.
Nothing as sure,
as the blink of an eye,
or high, a cat,
in a tree.
Nothing that simple,
in life do we see.
Life surprises us all,
time and time again we know they're coming,
but still we are surprised,
when our surprises, arrive.
Life will always do this,
for the same reasons,
that birds sing...
because they can...
and always will.
Still....
we cant change that now, can we?
© 2001
Perry Grant
