Dear
reader, if perchance you happen upon here now,
Move
on, with a casual click to somewhere else -
I
have nothing to offer, other than a word,
On a
pair of dead pigeons.
Move
on then, but with a briefest thought
Of
the beauty of life that linger even in death
Of
the parting of ways that you and I will, one day
Remind
yourself that this is how it all ends,
Not
with a bang, but with a whimper.
Pigeons
that you fed
Pigeons
that cooed, cozy beneath your roof,
Pigeons
that rose with a flutter
To
the sky as blue as their wings.
That's all, my dear reader, move on, as I did -
But
before you do, step aside as I did
Gently
picking the memories up and laying them
By the side of the road...
**************
Balachandran V, Alleppey 04.0.2012
Beautiful is the only word I have.I mean I am in a way confused.
ReplyDeleteWinding up,pigeons,step aside,you know how it hurts ?
Dead pigeons,the end of it,but the embracing of new..Hopeful..
Step aside as I did..
ho,painful.
:(
ReplyDeleteSad sight.
ReplyDeleteHere's another story: of a pigeon found 70 years later with the secret codes still attached to its leg.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/9649173/Quest-to-crack-secrets-of-lost-D-Day-pigeon.html
oh that's sad :(
ReplyDeleteMax also not well. Had left him at a kennel for a few days as we were travelling. He had severe diarrhea and that led to an infected anal and scrotum area.
The diarrhea is better now, but his entire fur coat had to be shaved off and he is still sore below his tail, on antibiotics and refusing to walk :(
I feel absolutely terrible.