KODAK Digital Still Camera

The hunched-back Heron – Neck pain is flarin’;

How did his neck – End up a mess?;

Perhaps he crashed – Into the back;

Of a bird flock – That did not stop;

He really needs – To go and see;

A chiropract – But not a quack;

Alas!

Poor bird – To look like that;

Suffer for years – With a bad back;

Pain sadly is – A part of life;

A fact known by – All wildlife;

Accepting pain – Will lessen strife;

Abiding maybe – A rough fate;

Enduring – Without an escape;

We humans try – To run away;

Chemicals keep – The pain at bay;

In the short-term – We have relief;

But, in the end – We have more grief;

Much better – This lesson to learn;

There really is – Nowhere to run;

Accepting things – Like this tough bird;

Can help us to – Hard things, endure.