LET ME ENJOY

 

          LET ME ENJOY

My Lord: I don’t like to be mortal. I want to stay in your beautiful world eternally. I have a small house with an equally small lawn where there are a couple of trees on the leaves of which birds stay or fly away for some time.

They, love each other, quarrel, jump, fly and eat whatever I offer them. They chirp now and then, sit on trees, hide themselves among leaves,  and enjoy the beauty of trees and  flowers.

All the time they enchant my eyes, delight my heart, make my mind reflective. 

I like their occasional flights and retun to their respective places from wherever they go. They come a with a message, the message of being up and doing.

They have become my family, I count each one of them, no one should be missing, no one should be late because that causes concern and makes me anguish.

These birds and my small house make my cosy world . I don’t want to lose either of these two. My des is to remain in your  infinite world of infinite things forever, despite all types of changes along with other forms of existence.

Friends, our praise should be for God. We should offer grateful prayers to Him. We are His children, under His care and protection. He is our Father and Guardian. What you and I demand from Him is immortality.  

Remember, birds are not only our companions and our family mates, but also our inspirational models with their wonderful flights.  How dynamic they lives are!  If their silence is mysterious , their singing is enchanting.

Finally, this fact:  English romantic poets like Samuel Taylor  Coleridge, Shelley and John Keats love birds. Coleridge (1772-1834) concludes his poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” with these lines:

 

Farewell, farewell ! but this I tell

To thee, thou Wedding Guest!

He prayeth well, who loveth well,

Both men and bird and beast

He prayeth best,who loveth best

All things both great and small;

For the dear God who loveth us,

He made and loveth all.                               

G.R.Kanwaj

8^th December 2024