Of Elusive Birds
This one is extraordinarily elusive!
Often it takes ages to spot it.
And Yes. One has to be patient to do so.
(And lucky too!)
Yesterday was one such rare sighting.
At noon silently the bird descended,
To capture an image in its eye.
(and immortalize it by its golden touch)
One moment it was visible,
Another, it was gone!!!
Was it for real?
Or a mirage in red?
The enigma that it is
it always leaves behind more questions than answers…
Paheli
Isn’t it so strange that at times
Some persons exert
a magnetic pull
Without even saying a word?!!!
They affect you in myriad different ways:
At times by just being around,
At times by appearing out of the blue
And by disappearing as quickly as they come!!!
One cannot but speculate about the intensity of their emotions
and the felicity of their silent expressions.
Reading between the lines/images does tell you a lot,
Yet, the enigmatic aura continues to perplex…
Perhaps it’s an unsaid code
Waiting to be deciphered?
Shardool Thakur
