Singing the song of Solitude

Lying on a carpet of grass

Looking up at the sky

With no one by my side

Humming alone was I

Missing my old friends

I played with as a child

Would they still be the same?

As innocent and mild.

Then I heard that song

Tweet!  Tweet!  Tweet!

A bird was calling on,

But none came to meet

“Tweet! Tweet!”, said I

It looked at me surprised

With a single amber eye

“Tweet! Tweet!”, it replied.

“Tweet! Tweet!” it sang

Again did I sing.

So the duet began

The little bird and me.

It was alone like me

The bird did allude

We sang on together

The song of solitude.

 

- Nivedita