The Clanking Chain of Wild Geese

The Clanking Chain of Wild Geese I was watching the September sky every day, With a hope to once again get a glance, Of the clanking chains of those lovely wild geese, That suddenly appears with their music melodies, But quietly they disappear every year, Like a Rainbow that comes and gets lost gradually. No one knows when like a rainbow, The wild geese would appear suddenly, While changing their forms like clouds in the sky, Mesmerizing our eyes for few seconds or more, and then, Disappearing in the sky, like the dim vanishing evening. The wild geese often appear in the sky, Forming a shape like the garland of God, And quickly changing shapes, like our emotions, While moving in the sky like an arrow, They sing the joyous songs of today, not tomorrow. Forgetting the past and the future like an arrow, Which keeps running, until it reaches its marrow, The destination to pierce a heart, They create either a joy or sorrow, While singing a song of today, not tomorrow. Oh, September sky I watch,wonder with , And hope to see them once again, My childhood friends wild Geese, Coming from north and vanishing in south, Like my thoughts which arise and fall. But this year, I did not see the winged necklaces of God, Neither could I see a rainbow being formed, Nor even hear their chorus like songs, No clanking of wings, No music of their joys, No rise and fall of images like thoughts, No sounds and music touching my heart. One day, I was stunned to hear, The species of goose are in great danger, Man has stolen many of even God’s necklaces, The rainbow of birds and the grandeur of sky, A great heritage of Nature is vanishing before our eyes. Oh, my sweet friend, Will I ever be able to see and hear you again? When you would clank your wings, in the windless sky, Creating a dance and music, on such lofty heights, Where no musician can ever fly, With a hope till I am here on this earth my friend, I would keep waiting and watching For you O wild Geese in the September sky. Ravindra Kanpur India. 1st Oct. 2010 Dedicated to my loving wife Dr. Shashi Kapoor, as a birthday gift for her Birthday on 2nd Oct. who loves animals and birds more than any thing Else.