A bird in a cage

NOTE: PLEASE REFER TO GLOSSARY GIVEN IN THE END FOR MEANING OF DIFFICULT WORDS. IT WILL HELP IN BETTER UNDERSTANDING.

A bird in a cage

I saw a lone bird in a cage;
His blood, as I felt, was 'jam-packed' with rage.

But he is getting a VIP treatment
He gets all: millets, seeds, fruits, water in that envelopment.

Then, why he is filled with rage?
Is it because he can't fly in that cage?

But he is protected inside, from the marauders outside.
If he flutters in the open sky, he may get killed,
or may not even get his basic feed.

But then, I was taken aback
when he irately said:
'DOLT! If you don't understand my feeling;
then don't do muttering!'

Then I asked: "Dear! Why are you filled with choler?"
He said:
"My home is sky
in which I can fly!
If my home is so huge
then how can I remain blissful in this small coop?"

Glossary:
Jam-packed - Full of, fill to capacity
Rage - Anger
VIP - Very Important Person
Envelopment - Enclosure
Marauders- Predators
Flutters-Flies
Dolt- An Unintelligent Person
Irately- Angrily
Choler- Anger (Poetic Meaning)
Blissful- Happily & contented
Coop- Cage

IT IS MY REQUEST TO ALL THE READERS OF THIS POEM THAT THEY MUST LEAVE THEIR FEEDBACK. ANY CRITICISM OR SUGGESTION WILL BE GREATFULLY ACKNOWLEDGED.


Written in the month of 'hot' May by:

- ANKUSH KHANNA
India (Delhi)