Exceptional a beautiful myth, a wild bird's sacrifice to God The Last Song, For God by Dawn Munro

The thorn bird's song is praise to God - All nature pauses, marks the day the thorn bird praises. Wild throng assembles, her rapturous notes, a glorious sacrifice and must be heard. This bird... Breast pierced and bloody, life exchanged for this refrain the thorn bird sings but once. Yet I again sing MY refrain - my agony relents, for at His feet is my retreat - all gone my sad pretense.   Recognized Author Notes In 2011 or 2012, I read the story of the thorn bird. I have never been able to find the exact article again. Googling "thorn bird" only brought up the television program and book of the same name. But I THOUGHT it was a true tale, and it moved me so much, I've never forgotten it. The myth is that this bird sings only once its entire life -- when it plunges itself onto the thorns of a thorny bush. With its breast pierced, it sings so gloriously that all wildlife within hearing distance stop to listen. And that song lasts from dawn to dusk! It was a poignant, beautiful story, and it's what inspired this poem.

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