Encaged Sparrow

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ENCAGED SPARROW

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Cage is her only refuge

Till now, she had

Convinced  herself


Viewing birds 

Enjoying free flight 

Why, mind got confused today


The bird in life-long captivation

Pleaded for liberation

Fowler showed mercy 

And opened the door of the cage


Stretching wings

The sparrow endeavoured 

To fly high in sky

 But, could she touch

Heights of the blues


She shuddered 

Viewing flying eagle

Made up her mind 

To dwell in the cage again.


The style of living

That she had followed 

Since so many years 

Could not release herself

From its captivation.



Rajni Chhabra

Multi-lingual Poetess & Translator






Comments

  1. Siddharth Sardana15 September 2025 at 06:40

    Perhaps bird wanting to be in the sky and with the sky was loosing its existence that it always believed to have.

    The existence defined by being in a cage and with grills of the cage giving her the limited view of the sky. This limited view made her the dreamer and now outside the cage she is not even that dreamer.

    Could she have left the identity of dreamer before leaving the cage then she would have perceived the cage as cage and sky as the freedom and would have never come back as she finally merges with the sky.

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  2. rajni chhabra15 September 2025 at 07:21

    I highly appreciate your positivity and optimistic bend of mind. Thanks a lot for this unique comment, Dear Siddharth Sardana

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  3. gr bhatt16 September 2025 at 01:59

    It is not she has forgotten how to fly,but once she came out of cage,she realised the sea change the surroundings have gone through during her captivity,once lash green fields have been converted into jungal of concrete in the name of development, mountains of garbage everywhere, water bodies converted in to residential and commercial areas,she got frightened lest someone in the name of national security may come and clip her wings and unskin her ,that is why she went into the cage again.

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  4. rajni chhabra16 September 2025 at 02:23

    Amazed at your utterly distinct comment. Thanks..Stay in touch

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