Veiled Wails (a poem)

(here are the first three stanzas of my poem Veiled Wails from the book Lifenama - a poetic journey)

Once upon in an autumn morning,

Whilst I sat on my terrace pondering,

Of the sparrow that kept on wandering,

Wandering above me in the air,

"Where has it come from?" I wondered,

"Sparrows now are so rare."

And the bird said, "no one cares."

I kept looking at it without blinking,

Deep into its eyes entering,

Fell into my thoughts thinking,

Sinking in its pleading stare,

"Oh Lord! Save thy bird," I said my prayer,

And the Bird said, "no one cares."

Once my dearie bird it was,

I recalled my childhood days of past,

Drops of tear blurred my glass,

Alas! Sparrows have become so rare.

"Which forest you live in?" I asked.

"Where are your friends my dear?"

And the bird said, "no one cares."

 -Asif Uzzaman