Broken Wings

“I hope the dove gets a better friend”, the kid said.

Why? What happened?

With a blank face kid started his story. “One day I saw a dove, she was in love with the wind under her wings, she was flying free, the whole world seemed to cheer her, I wanted her for myself. I started luring her with kind words and friendly manners. Slowly she started trusting me, she came down to earth to be my friend. She grew fonder, stopped flying, spent whole day playing around with me.

Few days later I found a parrot and wanted her as my new friend. Parrot seemed more interesting and I started to ignore the dove. Dove started asking me questions, so I told her to move on and find a better friend.”

I was shocked, “the dove who came down to earth for your friendship, you throw her away. Her wings are broken, scars are deep, yet you expect her to find a better friend.”

Jeyaisha John