Saturday 9 April 2016

I Took You For Granted

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I never imagined

One day you would be

A part of my yearning heart

Little sparrow

Even you carried song

In your pulsating throat

Even you!

And I was deaf and blind

To You

Those man-made iron giants*

Have killed you

Scared you away

Hope you will never go the dodo way

Hope you will never turn into words

To be read only

Never to be awakened

I pray to dawn

To send me this feathery ball of life

To sing and dance

As they did

Only a few days ago

 

 

*Mobile Towers. Radiation from these is being blamed for vanishing sparrows into thin air: Times of India.

 

Posted for Hannah’s hosting Transforming with Nature’s Wonders @ RealToads


 

15 comments:

  1. Oh, poor sparrows. Everything is struggling in this man-made disaster.........

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  2. This is so sad.. I feel for those poor delicate creatures...

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  3. Oh I have not heard about that aspect.. Poor sparrows.

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  4. What a sad story. From the evidence in my garden, sparrows are in abundance still.

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  5. It is quite evident in my world that the number of sparrows are few. They are hardly the common sparrow anymore. More common are magpies. I did not know about this reason for the diminishing sparrows. An interesting poem.

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  6. Oh how awful! I wasn't aware of this happening. My neighborhood is alive with sparrow song and I'd miss the cheeky things if they suddenly disappeared.

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  7. This poem's tone is one of longing and beautifully spilled love for these creatures. I love this part:

    "I pray to dawn
    To send me this feathery ball of life
    To sing and dance"

    Beautiful. Thank you, for writing!

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  8. Oh dear--very sad . And in India, there's the pollution too--well, everywhere. Very sweet poem. Thanks. k.

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  9. Sad indeed!! Sometimes we don't miss / notice until it is (almost) too late.

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  10. It seems everything we do, kills something....maybe not a bad way to go?

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  11. The little birds are often ignored but I hope I will always hear and see them on my bike rides. I loved your line about "Those man-made iron giants" being in the way. Thank you for opening my eyes.

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  12. I too miss them like anything!
    In my recent visit to Shillong I saw them and you cant imagine how happy I was to see them after years!
    I pity Today's generation they miss so many things, yet think that they are more lucky? than us!

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  13. Excellent take on this sad piece of news!
    Even you carried song, In your pulsating throat
    Even you!"...poignant!

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