Oh! My 'Katydid' Poem by Smrithi Padmakumar

I am a person who extremely loves nature and all its elements.Yesterday I happened to see a 'katydid'(grasshopper) lying motionless on the floor nearby a cockroach.I took it and kept it on my palm.I could make out that it was not dead because its antenna was moving.I wanted to save it, but I didn't know what to do.I referred a lot and with that knowledge, I kept it on a frond.I ts legs were found to be moving.I was happy that, however my friend could survive.But I couldn't find the truth that it was yearning for life! Today I found it dead.How unfortunate it was! How helpless I was! And here it is, what that scene made me jot down...It is long..but for me its depth matters!



Oh! My katydid!
I'm so sorry
for I couldn't save you!
And I had to see you
dying in front of me!

'Unfortunate'-it was
for I couldn't make out
that you were sinking,
yearning for life!

I don't know
what really it was!

I saw you lying
near one of your foes.
I hoped,
it was survival,
for your antenna was moving!

I picked you.
You rested on my palm.

Oh, dear katydid,
still I couldn't make out
that you were sinking!

I wished,
'if you could talk! '

I thought,
you would be happy,
if I let you lie
on a frond!

I know,
you had been
flying in ecstasy;
chirping,
to attract your love!

What happened, then?
I don't know.

Your foe would have
tried to efface you.
I guess!

No words to express-
how helpless I was!

All I can do now,
is to pray;
may your soul
rest in peace!
May your wishes
come true
in your rebirth!

my own poem-1.08.08