Rain and the sparrows

 

Rain and the sparrows 

An extract from 'Mirror of Time - An Anthology of Poems' 

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A family of half a dozen sparrows flutter wings on a rain-bathed Ashath tree .

Today they might have to live without a meal.

The rain has forced the daily bread-fetchers to remain indoors.

Rain helps lives, but rain unsettles lives too.

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To Be Continued 


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