A Sparrow In The Aerie

A Fictional Poem

Anitha Sankaran
Nov 5 · 1 min read
Image by Monika Schröder from Pixabay

It’s hard to soar like an eagle
A flying sparrow can’t compete
How did the sparrow land in an aerie?

A bald eagle took the sparrow egg
Its intention isn’t to consume
A lesson for these mocking birds, it thought

The egg hatched
The sparrow was in the middle of the eaglets
Those eaglets scared the sparrow
Taunted and teased the poor little helpless chick

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Anitha Sankaran

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Writer | Poet | Computer Engineer. Writing beyond the words. Am I creative? Let’s figure it out.

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