As fate shall have it

Just life

There lived a bird, on the top of a tree

She chirped & tweeted in morning spree

Happy and gay, she settled in her nest

Awaiting the day, taking some rest.

 

She never suspected, the day would change

Nothing seemed obvious in far range

But suddenly the rustle stopped altogether,

The sham blue sky changed its colour.

 

Dark, storm clouds veiled the sun

Shadow covers the nest. There’s nowhere to run

Gripped in fear, the bird spread her wings,

To cover her nest and the eggs within

 

Three little eggs nestled there bare

Hatching was near, no time to spare.

The bird was now, anxious and scared.

But summoned courage & came prepared.

 

Wild wind blew, she shuddered with the tree

Rooted her claws and started to plea.

Her heart thundered when the sky broke,

Drenching the earth with giant strokes

 

The rain teared, no caressing drizzle fell

But a torrent, enough to fill a well

Now was the time to take the rein

Not to be panic stricken as bane.

 

The bird knew that the time had come,

To do something and save the eggs from

The merciless rain that poured and poured,

Formed a reservoir, impossible to ford

 

Fluttering her wings in frantic attempts,

She searched for something, anything in contempt

Found a bay leaf floating below

With tact she brought it from the water shallow.

 

She gathered her strength, with the leaf in her beak.

Placed it between her trembling nest and the wind

Like a shield she stood for the sword to strike

Determined to live and ready to die

 

She started to hope that she might win,

But a wild gush of air took the rein.

Knocked her hard and out of the nest

Fate’s whim inflicted woe and distress.

 

The wings rendered her life that eve

But the eggs fell down, nature heaved.

Three little birds never saw the sun,

Died in the shells, act was done!

 

 

Author's Note

"Life is unfair and it spares nobody"
I am aware about my incompetence with grammar, any suggestion to rectify the errors will be of great help.
Thank you for your time!

Reviews

[PoeticChico]

No!!! you have me in tears right now. Poor thing, nature could be so cruel sometimes. Thanks for writing this wonderful piece. You know, as writers we sometimes hope to move someone with our words; you my dear friend have accomplished just that. So many emotions right now, especially anxiety and desperation. Great Job and thanks for sharing!

[Jyoti_Ablaze]

Thank you so much for your heartfelt review, Alex!
I am glad you felt the piece! :)

[Aero]

This one caught my heart, i must say i love am unexpected ending. Very well written and detailed!

[Jyoti_Ablaze]

Thank you, Aero. Glad you liked it.

[Sally Hope]

I love this so much. The reality of life explained through one of the most realistic situations imaginable. A lovely write, and a great read. Thanks for sharing!

[Jyoti_Ablaze]

Life is not a fair game after all.
Thank you for your kind words.

[Echoes of Eros]

We often call nature our Mother, and think of her world as beautiful and tender, yet the universe is filled with cold, ravaging forces that hunger for all our hopes and dreams. And sometimes, even in our best of intentions, we come up short, even end our efforts in complete tragedy. May we realize this is a part of life, and yet never give up even so. Wishing that for your soul. xo

[Jyoti_Ablaze]

Thank you for the insightful review. :)

[Eliot Knight]

Not cool man, I was honestly rooting for the mother bird. I kept imagining parents in general who do their best for us. As for your grammar, I at least, can't see any mistakes so kudos!

[Jyoti_Ablaze]

Thank you for your kind review. :)

[terry smith]

Sadly beautiful!! the struggles of life, nicely written my friend!

[Jyoti_Ablaze]

Thank you Terry.

[Perkele.7885]

I enjoyed this tale. You did not attempt to make a Herculean effort to spare all the lives. You did what was possible and it failed. The story was made believable to your credit. A successful write.

[Jyoti_Ablaze]

Life is like that.
Thank you for stopping by and leaving this insightful review.

[Perkele.7885]

Sometimes, natural causes of God's Weather is too much for the instinctual protective devises inbred into his creatures and weather wins.

[Jyoti_Ablaze]

True for it's called the Act of God!

[ImRan kabir]

Wow Miss jyoti ..
really the last two lines of poem is crying on nature..
your poetry is a hidden mirror.

[Jyoti_Ablaze]

Thank you Imran for your kind review.

[ImRan kabir]

i want to read more poetry that is made by pen.

[ImRan kabir]

by your pen

[Jyoti_Ablaze]

Feel free to read and review any of my work posted here. Thank you

[wordman]

a touching and profound write.

[Jyoti_Ablaze]

Thank you so much for stopping by Wordman!

[Valentine]

For someone so young, your writes are always negative and depressing. If you really want to become a writer, write something of interest that we all can enjoy. Valentine

[Jyoti_Ablaze]

You are right Valentine.. I will surely try to write something more happening. Thank you for your honest review.

[Insight "MH"]

No!!! you shouldn't have!! but it happens, and we must prepare ourselves to the worst possible events that could happen to us or the ones we love.

Thanks for breaking our hearts for this poor bird. :)

Insight.

[Jyoti_Ablaze]

This pained me to write as well.
Thank you, Insight.