high in the maple tree

There is a cardinal high in the maple tree*
Singing for Spring quickly to come.
Cries for sunbeams and buds to break free,
Nothing will stop his rowdy enthusiasm.

Neither rain, nor wind, nor these cloudy gray skies,
Neither solitude on his barest perch;
For his voice is all he needs to advertise,
And maybe come Spring a Lady will end his search.

* based on a true story

Incidentally, this kind of goes with the Verse of the Day...

"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh."

~ Genesis 2:24 (NIV)