My Birds Poem by Praveen Kumar in Celestial Glow

Birds, both small and giant
More than all the stars in the sky,
I held in hand and snugly fondled;
Oft I held a few to heart,
But most of it at right length;
Only twine I held on divine throne
Of the glory of my truthful soul
In the golden halo of joy and peace.

Like eager eyes of my inner stir,
Like Sun and Moon for Mother Earth,
Both opened my vista to Nature’s truth,
To the mysteries of precious life,
To its inexhaustible depth and strength,
To pain of pleasures, to pleasure of pains,
And the vaulting strength of lives bound
In the selfless glue of devout love.

Birds those carried me beyond heaven
On its fair and soft wings
Filled bright light all around horizons;
But, alas, however far we traversed,
No world we desired ever reached;
It was our flight for flight’s sake,
Though one, as two we flew in void
While hope pursued evading light ahead.