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The parrot

"You shall have your freedom",
Said the generous master,
As he opened the cage.

The parrot was delighted,
As he suppressed his joy,
And controlled his rage,

For so long he had wished,
To be free and be
Up in the sky.

At last his chance had come,
And towards his destiny,
He shall fly.

And then the realization dawned,
That his wings were clipped,
How shall now he even try?

Comments

  1. Preeti Shenoy8:21 AM, February 18, 2011

    Liked this one a lot. I had written a poem on similar lines many many years back.
    Will post it sometime on my blog (with the date when it was written)
    Cheers
    Preeti

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  2. Nikesh Rathi8:39 AM, February 20, 2011

    Thanks Preeti.

    Would love to read it.

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  3. Souvik Gupta10:17 PM, February 22, 2011

    nice.. jus one though.. parrot should be 'it' and not 'he'.. or else, very nice idea..

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  4. Nikesh Rathi10:33 PM, February 25, 2011

    Thanks :)

    Used "him" to make it a high-involvement poem !

    ReplyDelete

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