Thursday, 15 September 2016

The Little Sparrow

Yesterday while cleaning the drawers I came across these lines written hastily on a piece of paper many years ago. 

Hastily, because the thoughts were constantly flowing.... 

This was a "tribute"  to a beautiful friendship across the world, language &  culture no barrier. 

Beautiful indeed ! 

2/2/08

                     " Journey of a Sparrow "

I am a little Sparrow... flying high and scaling the skies. 
Sometimes I chirp sweet songs of happiness and love... 
At sunset I fly back to my cozy nest to rest and recollect all that I learned during the day. 
Once I was tired in the scorching heat, my throat dry with thirst and I couldn't sing beautiful songs of love... 
I saw a window. 
No matter how far it was, it was there and Opened ! 

A bowl of water was kept on the sill by its merciful owner. 

From a distance I drank it to my heart's content. 
Ask me not how I became alive with energy.. 
Cool and sweet water... 
The owner was merciful. 
He sprinkled some drops of this nectar on my tired wings. 
I fluttered my wings and danced with joy ! 

Now having found the place to quench my thirst, I perched on the window daily. 
Every day he was there..... a bowl of water ready in his hands. 
Always smiling... kind and full of affection.... 

He understood my tiredness. 

Soon a bond developed between us. 
The thirsty and the quencher.. 

The more I asked, the more he gave. 

The window became our little world... 
Now and then I would crane my neck to see inside his home. 
One day he smiled and stepped aside to let me have a glimpse of his own world. 

I smiled and nodded. 

I understood. 

Flying higher and higher in the sky, above the clouds, I sang the songs.... 

The songs of beauty and love. 



Rita 







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