Law of nature

It was a bright sunny morning
In November chill the sun was shining

On armchair in the porch as I stretched myself
I was struck by a sight I saw on the shelf

On top of it a dove had built a nest
Lying there were three eggs and this family was my guest

Mummy dove would sit on them for hours in a row
Even my presence very close would not make her go

Days of patience gained her a gift
Hatched one egg and came out a chick

Soon after the second one came out of shell
But the third one took time to break the spell

Mother dove took good care of them
She brought food they squealed with hunger when

To keep them cozy she laid soft grass
The three chicks were nothing but pieces of her heart

Two of them hopped on the porch to learn to fly
Third one watched from nest and let out a cry

The two soon started taking a flight
The mummy dove meanwhile had a different plight

For the third one was born with a broken wing
It wouldn't fly but only could sing

Few days later the two left the nest
To help the third one mother tried the best

She still got it food and held on to her hope
That with this disability her baby could cope

She stood by the nest night, noon and day
The chick could only hop out and on shelf could lay

It fluttered its one wing hard and wild
Mother watched from nest the agony of her child

She stood still for long as if in deep thoughts she was drowned
Then from that high shelf she pushed the chick down

Helplessly it let out a cry as on ground it lay
The mother gave a last look and then she flew away

Shocked I stood to witness this affair
Laws of nature were not always fair

Offsprings are abandoned if they are not strong enough
For they wont survive in the nature that is so tough

The dove must have gone through anguish of this harsh blow
And with such a heavy heart she would have had to let go

-- Inspired by a true article I had read sometime back. Later an NGO took care of this abandoned and disabled bird.