Saturday, March 8, 2014

TWILIGHTS


Birds in gaiety keep their dear little ones
        Warm under their soft feathers
In nights, between twilights, during snow-fall
       Till sun-rays peep into their cozy nests

They rise to sing in twilight before sunrise
        On the prospective risks in broad day-light,
In the safe-existence of their baby-birds
        And in their blissful return at sunset

All parasites like snakes have all hungers
        Only to swallow their newly born ones,
Sprinkling seeds for them to glance, hunters
        Secretly spread nets and watch to catch

Fluttering back to nests for glowing glance
         Of their young ones to coo in full delights
Indeed the happiest moment in their daily lives
         A tension to be faced between twilights              

Published in Indian English Anthology The Dance of the Peacock, Canada     
153
 

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