Within the Cage Part Two
(This is a sequel to my poem- Within the Cage. Part 1. and a true story.)
I saw the Earth and its happy brood
And everything around in a sunny mood
But in my cage sat a single bird
So lonely without a companion of her own breed
Though the sky and its expanse to her, long denied
In her narrow cage, she was never annoyed
She had a partner to share her joy and woe
With him, all else she was ready to forego
There they made a haven unknown to pain
Shut the door to wind and rain
Sat together rubbing shoulders and preening feathers
Never did they mind their freedom bound by tethers
Now she feels she has lost her way
With her mate absent to cheer her day
With the break of dawn, once as she rose from sleep
Lay her ‘man’ motionless like a feathered heap
With her beak, she pecked and prodded him
Went on nudging and poking, sitting on the cage’s rim
But Alas! He didn’t stir or move
She tried in vain but finally got the painful clue
Sitting close to him, making a strange sound
She made it known that her man would no more be around
Never expected her life would suddenly take a turn this way
And never ever thought her companion would thus slip away
When his body from the cage was removed
She beat her wings as if in sorrow drowned
Thereafter she didn’t peck at the grains served
And for days opted out to remain starved
I thought her sorrow would soon end
And his separation wouldn’t leave a deep dent
But each day, gloom overcast the teary-eyed widow
And she sat blubbering looking through her window
Her lonesome state left me so agitated
I didn’t want to see her any more isolated
I let her fly into the freedom of the sky
With new companions, hoping to see her soar high!
Dec.24.2022
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