IF EVER I HAD THOUGHT

I open my eyes in my small, cosy nest, Only to hear the voices asking me to rest, I ask "Why"?, After all, I have the prowess to fly! "Fly?" echoed the voices again, And my request was all in vain, So there I lay in my nest all day, And see little birds like me fly and play! They told me it was danger around, I couldn't feel any, so my heart would pound, I wanted to fly, and strengthen my wings, And search around for life's pretty things. Alas! My wish wasn't heard, I was left an enclosed, wingless bird. But the desire to fly in my heart remained, And I grew up to be shy and tamed! One fine day, sitting on the wall, I saw a dream, there was a squall, It blew so strong, it blew so rough, It swept me away, to a place far off. I open my eyes, no longer in my nest, Oh! I think, has life put me to some test? I search for my kith, I search for my kin, Alone I stand, with no flying whim! How do I fly, for my wings are weak, They have never fluttered, and the weather is bleak. I remember the saying about the "will and the way," And I try to flap, wanting to sway. Amazed I was, 'coz I did sway by, My life's first flight, went high and high! Withered away my memories from the past, I wished this journey could never last! Ah! To my surprise the excursion got tiring soon, The wandering tires me, despite all its boon! Now I long for my nest, and yearn for my kin, But continue my flight through thick and thin! If ever I had thought that weak wings were better, If ever I had thought that my nest was the best shelter, If ever I had thought that low trees were better than zenith I would never have dreamt, I would never have "done it"!