A Parrot's Tale

The most beautiful thing that anyone can ever witness is the birth of a child.An angel enters into this world from a caring and nourishing womb not knowing what lies ahead.May be if he had a clue what this world has become, he rather would have stayed there.He is absolutely pure but totally helpless.He is vulnerable in all respects.The first thing that he experiences is the unconditional and sacred love of the mother.The second being the gentle caring by the father.The child is overwhelmed with joy and imagines this world as a wonderland with love all around.

Time passes by.Suddenly the wonderland of love becomes a confinement holding him shackled with emotions.The child becomes independent and wants to fly away from the nest which had kept him safe and alive till now.The child wants to break free from those who brought him into this world.The child sees them as entities who were supposed to do this and nothing more.So,the child flies, flies high.

The child looks for a new home and expects everything to be ideal.But to his surprise, he finds out that 'love' which once filled his whole world has lost its meaning.His prospective towards life changes and so do his preferences.The mean and cruel world grips the innocent soul and turns the child into a monster totally devoid of feelings and eager to hunt.The child becomes a part of the world.The desire and craving for love is replaced by greed and hunger for materialistic possessions.And the story repeats itself again and again.

But no one cares about those who bought the child to existence, who nurtured him by their own blood, who were selfless and considerate all the time,who stayed hungry at times so that their child might not starve,who devoted their whole lives in the upbringing of their child forgetting that they had a life of their own.After the child flies away from the nest,the joy and inspiration of their lives is totally shattered.They can't even breathe in this gaping emptiness. Still the only thing that they desire is the well being of their child.Can love be more unconditional in any other form?

It's not that the child never realizes this.He does.When he becomes a parent himself, he does.But its too late.He goes back to the nest where he was born hoping to find them there and cries even at the thought of embracing them and telling how grateful he is for all the love and care and how sorry he feels for leaving them all alone.When he reaches there, he realizes its too late.He falls down on his knees and looks at the sky trying to find their faces among the stars and says," I am sorry, I shouldn't have fled away.....".