Life of a bird.

      Two pigeons with cherished dream,

strive in the scorching heat .

They gather twigs and build a nest  on a tree top.

      She  lays an egg and he gathers food,

fluttering  back and forth in sand and heat .

She then sits  in incubation,

watchful eyes keeping vigil, day and night.

   Then ,one morn, with a change of heart ( or mind)

she leaves the egg forlorn .

Instant, four snarling ravens

 devour  every bit discarding  just the shell.

    Timid pigeons ,witness the scene,

helpless! hopeless !

Life that they hope to raise ends in a second.

                                                        JULY 2013