Bye bye Rose bird!

Once there lived a Blue Bird and a Rose bird. They lived in harmony as their life filled with sun shines and rainbows. They loved each other and the limitless love casted jealous upon the fellow birds living under the same tree. They never minded about that. They lived their life to the core. Never a day passed without a warmth look at the sun rise together and sun set together.

Blue Bird rubbed its beak on the feathery neck of the Rose bird and said “I love you!”

Rose bird rubbed its beak on the feathery head of the Blue Bird and said,” I too!”

There was no pain. There was no misery. They lived as a one little family with plenty of love and infinite affection. Even gods were pleased seeing them and showered happiness upon them. One fine day, Blue Bird returned to its nest and shocked seeing the Rose bird lying down. Her eyes were half closed. Crippled with fear and limitless love, it pressed the beak on its feathery body and tried to wake the Rose bird. The lady love of the Blue Bird opened her eyes and saw his love standing there with pain and tears in his eyes.

Rose bird said, “Don’t cry dear! I’m fine and you will go mad if I tell the reason for my unconsciousness.  Dear! Little Green bird is on board.”

Blue Bird replied,” is it? When and who is he/she?”

Rose bird,”idiot! I’m pregnant”

Blue Bird chuckled and said, “Is it so? Who is responsible?”

Rose bird started beating its better half and it too went mad hearing the news. It was a beautiful sun set. The reddish Sun God began to settle down. They sat arm in arm and admired the sun set. They exchanged a beautiful kiss which looked even more beautiful while seeing it along with the settling Sun God. It was a play filled night.  They laughed and laughed throughout the night as the play went on.

Time passed and they lost track of their time as they were busy making love. They enjoyed every moment of their life. Moments added up and became memories. Memories lied deep beneath their heart as a beautiful portrait. One fine day, the Rose bird delivered a cute Green bird. Happy tears rolled down the Blue Bird’s eyes. It had never left the nest and sat near his lady love and the new born. It cared them and did everything he could to save the food for the winter. Every day, both played and were happy seeing the budding young one.

One day the little one stood and tried to walk. It tried again and again. Finally it stood and woke up her mom. The letters assembled and finally formed a word. It called out,”maaa!”

Ecstatic Rose bird covered the little bud with its feathery wings and rubbed its neck like an evening breeze. She exclaimed, “Say it again!”

The young one didn’t seem to understand what its mother was telling but it kept repeating the same word as its mother flapped its wings in excitement. Even the neighbor could hear their little family talks as it got louder and heavier. Once the Blue Bird was home, the enthusiastic and overwhelmed mother narrated the story. It’s a story that every mother would take vanity in them while telling their better half. The family talks were going on till late night and both were busy admiring the baby who was deep in sleep in their warmth nest.

Sun illuminated the little family’s nest. Time went on. The morning looked different. They waited for their baby to wake up. They waited and waited. Finally, the Blue Bird tried to wake up its son. But, the little baby didn’t respond. It pressed hard and tried to wake him up. But, the Green bird lied there motionless; eyes were closed and looked as if it was deep in thought.  Fear crippled them and their body started to shiver. Tears rolled down their eyes. They tried, tried and kept on trying. They moved him but the Green bird lied down there destroying the hopes of his kind parents. Darkness had fallen upon their nest. They were unable to accept that their son was gone. Their hopes rested upon their son were shattered. The little Green bird slept for eternity and heavens had taken him back.

Days passed in the darkness without the routines. Sun raised and set without the warmth admiration. They needed each other’s love. They alienated themselves and built a secret barrier around them. They stopped sharing, lost themselves, lived apart from each other and kept secrets from each other. Sweet memories began to fade; Sun never rose to illuminate the nest; Obscurity filled their nest. As time went on, hatred began to cast its shadow upon them. They began to abuse each other. They never realized that they needed each other’s love. They blamed each other. On one unfortunate day, the Rose bird left the nest and it never came back.

Exhausted eyes of the Blue Bird looked out of the nest every day. Its eyes ached for his love. But, it was betrayed. It hated the morning sun for the first time in his life, lived inside the nest and never left it. It felt the loneliness and was unable to come out of it. Guiltiness surrounded him and haunted him. It muttered the same question again and again “Why did you let her go! Why did you let her go.why …whyyyy”

Its eyes lost the sleep and it had become lean. It was unable to walk yet managed to walk and powered its beak to inscribe something on the branch they were living all these days.  Unable to withstand the guiltiness, the lone bird took its life at last. Months rolled. It was spring. The Female half had reached the nest. It searched for its nest. It flapped its wings and flew high to reach her nest. But to her betrayal, she found the branch where they were living empty and it searched for its nest. The neighboring birds informed that her better half was dead. She was unable to bear the lose and blamed herself. It cried and cried. She was informed that her better half had taken its own life. Its tears fell on the branch and the letters came clear to its eyes. It said, “Bye bye Rose bird.”

“You never know the worth of your loved ones until unless they are gone. Don’t let that happen. Don’t lose them because true love is precious. Once you lose it, its hard to get it back”