Bhoops

I am... I hatch, I grow, I learn, I eat, I see, together with the other chicks in my batch, I fly, I scavenge, I hunt, I feed, I swim, to and from climes both wet and dry, I fight, I hurt, I protect, I love, I hate, all in the course for what I think is right, I age, I shiver, I break, I sicken, I die, playing my part on n ature's stage, I am, I am but a bird. Ajay Bhoopchand   

On being born two cells floating on the sea of amnion, commencing life's unpredictable path alas, encased by walls sturdy as a board, differentiating purposefully into many a complex part, protruding limbs, neck, head along the spine, growing bigger with everything in line, loud throbbing in the chest;ahh that's my heart, hunger satisfied through the obliging umbilical cord, I see, I hear, I feel; nine long months come to pass, mother dear; 'tis time I was born!  Ajay Bhoopchand