Peace in Darkness
By Padmini Krishnan
The chilly wind
clung to each leaf
and crawled into my bones
as I shivered with the
Cricket’s dark songs
emanating from a hidden branch
of a willow tree.
Then I saw something miraculous
from the twelfth floor
of my balcony.
The full moon cast its light
on the willow
wherein a nest sat a baby bird,
its small eyes closed in sleep.
When the wild birds,
unseen creatures of the night,
rain and thunder did not
bother the little one,
why was I scared?
I smiled drowsily,
safely tucked
in the dark breeze
as I nodded off
to the soothing song
of the Tree Cricket.
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