the winter birds

the winter birds
have no worry in their
black wings,
curved beaks,
finding enough
to keep going, months
moving
neither fast or slow,
but as they
should.
they find enough in
trees, along the scrub
brush,
the melted snow,
patches of grass, weed.
the winter birds
are calm
in flight, in life,
always having, finding
what they need.