Wednesday, September 26, 2012

There are other worlds to sing in.....


A robin alights on a branch of a canopy a fine day. Amused by the various shades of its suburbs, it ponders day and night, how to spread its wings, how to make its nest. Quiet and sober, it hums a tune a day and spreads its aura to the sudden delight of its fellow creatures. 

It’s not too late when it starts identifying itself with the place, the shades and the creatures which all together make up a world of its own.It becomes the most sought after chirpy feathery angel with its beautiful colors and melodious charm that is contagious. But, while it is the heart of the jungle, it forgets that life plays its own games. Amidst friends and pleasant companions, there are hidden demons that are dark and dangerous. The threads of its everyday life are so intertwined in the mesh of the greens that it wipes out the memory of all lands it has visited far and near.

Just then, nature spins its wheel of fate and the robin is alarmed! It has to leave everything behind and visit another land that is now alienated. It has dearth of choices. It can’t even understand or reveal this sudden whiff that is going to change everything overnight.

Leaving her tits and bits, before dawn can make the picture vivid to all, it flies away with a heart that is both happy and sad, but too heavy for the wings to lift….

It inhabits a new branch and ponders once again that it should never forget, it is destiny’s child, and there are other worlds to sing in…..