I watched them on a webcam--
and wouldn't you?
Adorable nature,
struggling life
hatched, fluffy hairs
mostly naked and
weak,.
but so to speak--
how start we all?
and I wanted to see them
grow and fledge,
although I would miss them
when they went aloft
in four weeks-or five,
I knew the lifespan of owls,
and I thought these would survive.
But nature has her sway and say
what should be is not always that way.
And I saw them die--
And know more than I did before
of life and what it has in store.
