A Pair Of Sparrows Poem by Aniruddha Pathak

You peck and peck at it
Your tired beak in vain,
Come, O pair of sparrows,
Let me the truth of it explain.

Get not mad at your own image,
Let not your energies drain,
What you see is no rival,
Watch not in mirror in disdain.

No one's there but a shadow,
And a mirror is it so plain,
Come, my silly sparrow,
The truth is what I explain.

From branches of a tree
To my ceiling fan,
Here to there, there to hear,
Do stop your search in vain.

But yes, keep chirping chi chi,
I love it, what a sweet refrain!
Do settle down in your nest,
What use your energies to drain?

I've seen many in this world vain
In pursuit of the feign,
And getting no matching gain,
Chase the vain and incur pain.

Come back my dear, said her friend,
Let's go build nest before rain,
There, I'll make you understand,
I'll explain, my love afore lain.
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I saw once two sparrows perching on my car's rear-view mirror. The male sparrow was on its frame and his girl friend (Yes, always girl friends lasting for the season)in front of the mirror pecking furiously and watching in intently. The poem's plain refrain is reflected in one rhyme repeating throughout.
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Happening |28.08.2019|
Topic: bird, sparrow