MURALIDHARAN PARTHASARATHY

 

 

Ruffling Feathers

 

I felt some relief

after debugging and sharing the patch

Surprisingly my old man was still

at the dining table

I heated my dinner and ate silently

If he waited there to tell me something

he was too hesitant to break the ice

 

I wondered

what can transpire between both of us

at anytime

He worked with paper and pen

and later on stand alone

stone-age computers

He never faced the ever-changing technology

nor the latest gamechanger AI

 

He was a birdwatcher

he used to wonder

how birds manage all seasons

and long distances like thousands of miles

with the same bones and feathers

humans need accessories besides limbs

or tools besides mechanical solutions

 

Is it fair to compare

a dumb creature like a bird

with the brains and nerves of a human being

His times

and his mind are complacent

in a bygone era

 

I returned to my room

past midnight

I got up for bio-break

I found his room was lit

wondered what is bothering him

he used to fall asleep and get up very disciplined

may be the bird within is ruffling feathers

 

Steel Hoofs

 

The barn manager looked into my eyes,

“Who gave you the impression

such a baby horse gets tamed in a week?”

I didn’t reply

“Your jockey couldn’t be hurrying you,

he would be award that at least two more years

would pass before this baby can run that fast!”

 

Back home my son was jubilant

“When can we take him to our camp?”

It took several months for all of us

to realize that we could never take care of a horse

We understood barn is his home

slowly our visits dwindled

 

As I watch the waves

and a few revelers feebly visible

in Mile Rock beach I wonder

where my son would be now

in this mystic San Francisco

 

He needs to meet me once

to get I run even now

but the old hoofs

got better with steel shoes

 

MURALIDHARAN PARTHASARATHY

 

MURALIDHARAN PARTHASARATHY has been nominated for the ‘inspiring author’ award by ‘the Indian awaz’ for 2021. He is an active member of many global literary societies, and a poetry/book reviewer. His poems have been published by many literary magazines and websites all over the world. He is well-versed in all genres of poetry like free verse and haiku and has participated in the Haiku meets in London. His first poetry collection ‘Exiting the oblivion’ is now on Kindle.