O” Mynah...
O” Mynah, O’ Mynah the little bird,
I had got it from the paddy field.
The
screaming sound echoes in fields
In
the dusk where I saw reaped grains,
Looks
like golden beads in sunset
Loading in bullock carts by men.
The
women carrying hay bundles in line.
All
are busy to go to home.
The
ants are biting too hard,
Village
hunter black crows scramble it.
The screaming sound echoes in fields
The
little bird was injured, twines twisted
in
wings and limbs are bleeding
I
saw tears in its eyes.
Feathers
are stuck in blood and mud.
When
I took the bird in my hands,
Aggressively
it strikes again and again.
With
pointed sharp beak and claws.
It
made cuts in my fingers.
But
I didn’t drop or leave the bird down
I
loved and cared the little mynah.
It’s
unable to fly, healing takes time
The
turmeric paste applied on broken feathers
Day
by day it became a beautiful Mynah
It
had a yellow golden crested eye.
It
had brown and black plumage that shine.
Thin
Yellow limbs and beaks
White
patches under its wings
The
adorable beauty started to sing.
Woo!
What a change..
Started
to jump and move slowly in cage.
Its
adapted to a free flight .
In
the backyard I started to watch
Other birds in dawn and dusk
But
they smelt I will put them in cage
I
perched and kept there food in bottles
The
locusts and grasshopper and cockroaches
My
mynah swallows very fast.
Then
home cooked rice, peas and sweet fruits
Kept
in the coconut shell all dishes it likes
First
to give to my mynah always tasty dishes.
Early
joyfully wake up hearing the mash up songs
It’s
able to walk on toes and move on the loop.
When
I touch the bird it shows greet.
Tail
feathers kept up and head will be down.
Stretches
the wings and dances like a peacock
It
slowly started to talk to me in love
It
starts to whistle in loud, if any guest comes
It
screech if it sees cats, snakes or eagles.
I
just thought the bird is docile let it to perch alone
The
bird in swift flew over the trees and started to whistle
That
made immense joy to that bird but I felt very sad
the
cage with left over dried seeds and sweet fruits.
Its
sleepless night watching at the cage i.e., empty
I
heard melodious song often by the bird.
You
in the groves and fly with free birds in sky
On
the hanging leaves of coconuts trees.
Now
it sings and dances in the natures love.
You
are with your mate in the avian world
Without
boundaries enjoy the freedom, enjoy life.
I
heard, I seen you here and there jumps
I
know in my home you are a caged bird.
But the polished cage, I kept for lifetime.
It
will be a cage for giving care to Bird
O”
Mynah, you live long in your home.
