When MAN is caged....

With Man in retreat
Cowering behind walls
And hiding behind masks
The streets have been reclaimed
By others, perhaps more deserving
Of this earth than Man.
From here, from there
Friends and acquaintances
Have been sharing videos
And I have been absorbing data
And observing perspectives
On life in a lockdown.

From the streets of Ahemdabad
On an early morning, a flock
Of Rosy Starling on wing
(A murmuration is the term)
Wheel around the empty streets
In numbers larger than before...

Elsewhere from an unknown land
Through the dark night a herd of deer
Walk bravely now where once they timidly trod
Now without any fear..

And finally, the best of all,
A little clip, a little deer
Gambolling in delight beside a
Rolling sea on an empty beach
A sight that makes me wistfully hope
For this season to last and stretch
Into the distant forever...