I can fly even in chains- Akshay Akash

A tree says many things…

Gazing at me is the azure sky

Blazing is the dawn so bright

Bedlam of chirruping signify

Waiting within me is the zeal to fly

Sunbeams accompanying the pleasant warmth

Blessing the denizens with explicit light

Gentle breeze inspiring the mob

Acting as the elixir of life

When the dark friends hover around

Far from me and the other ones

We cease to be quiet and sound

As the enthralling flurry falls down

I love to sit in mother’s lap

But the urge to fly never dies

When I see the denizens fly

The urge always magnifies

But I love the sun and the rain

And am habitual to resist the pain

As I can fall but never bend

When they turn violent again and again

I also speak of the greatest bane

When my ‘tended to be’ best friend

Turns into foe and

Avenges me for what I don’t even know

I love him and help him in need

And never want to be mean

But perhaps he doesn’t understand

Where I expect him to stand

The consequence of disturbing the equilibrium

He would never know

Till mother shows her fury

And change what she always does bestow

So I beseech you my friend

As your habitat is in your hands

Lest it should perish

And you will always be cursed for the blemish

However you try to give me pain

I will always be able to gain

The zeal to sing and celebrate

And the ability to fly even in chains…. 

 

Akshay Akash 

Sub Editor- Jeevan Mag 

B.Tech. Humanities (1st year), Cluster Innovation Centre , University of Delhi

 








Excerpted from- Jeevan Mag Feb.- march 2014 issue
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