Something I Look At-343 Poem by Smrui Ranjan Mohanty

SOMETHING I LOOK AT-343
BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY

I am neither untrue to you,
nor your love.
Neither I am insensitive to my feelings, nor yours.
What stands in between is time and circumstance
that never make us unite

What happens to a caged bird
when he falls in love with the blue sky?
He does not know how to come out, the gate is closed,
only waits for a handful of the sky to come inside and make him realise how beautiful and vast the sky is

How can a fairy in the azure sky feel the craving of a bird languishing in the golden cage for his life and love?
How can she fathom the
intensity of his pain, the depth of his longing, his fear and tears?

My love!
for a change put yourself in place of that poor bird who fancies the open sky but does not have the strength and means to come out of the cage.
Neither the time nor the tide in his side.
He silently sheds tears hoping the fairy to understand the sorrow and predicament of the bird inside

Never misunderstand the bird
You are the beats of his heart,
the pupil of his eyes
He is for you, with you at a different level on a different plane which very few can understand and fewer can realise and appreciate

Tell me!
what can an old caged bird do for the fairy with silver wings
except wish her all the shades of life in her golden voyage?

Smruti Ranjan Mohanty©
India
25.6.2024
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