Once were raptors

Sing for joy
Sing for the sun
Sing to the worms
And the new day to come

Once were rapters
Fierce in the fields
Now feathered and shrunken
And airbourne and billed

So sing to the sun
And sleep with the moon
For you little ones
Will be gone too soon

In your tree top kingdom
You welcome the day
For The chorus of dawn
Let your melodies play

Be thee starling or blackbird
Or sparrow or wren
We give thanks for your being
And the lark of your zen. 

Dimlo
15/2/11
London England