The Robin begins to build her nest <br />in the gnarled tree; <br /> <br />the twigs are twisted; <br /> <br />the branches lack leaves; <br /> <br />and the nest is exposed <br />offering no shelter. <br /> <br />She puts another twig <br />into the tree fork; <br />but it falls to the ground. <br /> <br />She looks away west <br />and leaves. <br /> <br />Her wings <br />flapping <br />out a message: <br /> <br />Nature is abandoning us.<br /><br />Lonnie Hicks<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/robbin-tree/
