Bye Bye Birdies

Today's Saturday Centus is saying goodbye.

The prompt: Saying goodbye was harder than she thought
Number of words: 100 plus the prompt for a maximum of 107 words

 

They come every spring,

to our barn with delight.

They labor and toil,

with all of their might.
 

They feather their nest,

to cradle their clutch.

Adding horse tail hairs,

for a decorative touch.
 

They soar and they swoop,

they zig and they zag.

They chase after bugs,

in a fast game of tag.
 

They raise their babies,

from summer to fall.

Til' the chill in the air,

doth send out the call.
 

It's time to fly south,

in search of warm weather.

They leave little behind,

but a lingering feather.
 

Farewell dear swallows,

you'll be missed a lot.

For saying goodbye,
was harder than she thought.

We enjoy hosting swallows in our barn, although we do hope to limit occupancy to one family at a time.  They first found us in 2010 and caused a lot of drama.  Read about it here.  They joined us again in 2011 (with less drama) and we are looking forward to their return this year.