Birds of abandon

I visit a forest full of birds..

And lovingly seek to garnish each with my attention

They croon and they pout

And then they fly..in unison abandon of freedom-

The bird in my cage smiles when I ask it too

Crackles at my voice

And loves me at my bidding

And yet the blue skies they beckon me

To far off lands of fantasy & birds of wanton abandon....

© 2012 Maitreyee Bhattacharjee Chowdhury

( Image Courtesy Google)

TODAY AND FOREVER

When you and I are young no more
Will you be by my side?
To share some pensive hours hereby?
Will you be there to hold me tight?
To tell me that you and I
And have grown together side by side.
Will you there to watch me sleep
To nestle me in your arms
While the world moves
At its own pace -----
Human minds do drift apart
But tell me you’ll be there
When the children need us no more
When the world is but a passing fantasy
To watch as it glides by
Tell you’ll be by my side
As the burning embers glow
To remember things sweet and good
That have become cherished memories of yesteryears

Tell me love you’ll be there, by me
To watch the sunset in the western sky
To see the dying glow fade
And merge us into things ---
‘Past and Present’

Just tell me you’ll be there
To reassure my searching glances
That you are real and by my side,
For today and Forever.

© 2007 Maitreyee Bhattacharjee Chowdhury