Titanic imprints of a tiny one

 Initial clarifications first. The titular 'titanic' has nothing to do either with the fated ship or the feted film. The term 'titanic', if you were to look at it etymologically, refers to Greek deities, absolutely huge; gigantic, in fact. In other words, out title refers to the tremendous effect of a tiny bird, and its disappearance.

Yes, we are going to talk of the sparrow. A sparrow is an omnivorous bird who eats grains to insects that might infect the grains. A sparrow may not have a gorgeous nest that shows its weaving capabilities. Hers is a simple nest, but it is always close to the human habitat.

A sparrow is a chatterbox. No wonder, she is an integral part of our childhoods. She used to love our feed as babies. Aai would have to feed us literally all around the home. The sparrow would be happy with the tiny share that would unmistakably drop hither thither everywhere in that entire lovable process.

Happily, in brief, lived the sparrow with human beings. This people's bird is now noteworthy by extinction. As homes have become high-rises, sparrows have flown away. Whereto, none knows. The cities are full of crows and pigeons, even bats! The tiny, tawny sparrow is rarely seen though.

They say that the fall of a sparrow bodes not well. True it is absolutely. Titanic are the implications of this tiny bird literally vanishing in to thin air. It shows how non-natural is human existence now. Hi-fi horizons we sure do crave, but for togetherness no spaces we have! This small bird that for centuries built its nest in a happy co-existence with human beings is, no wonder,  almost extinct, surely in metros, in cities of the three-tier variety, too.

A sparrow must learn to be a hawk, they say, if she is to survive at all. Well, but then, she would not be that teenie weenie birdie we all loved as babies and kids. In other words, somewhere somehow it is OUR responsibility, at least for our own good,  to see to it that the sparrow survives!

Pratima@Not exactly a very happy sparrow day that flew away on tiny wings on March 20 without many not even knowing it! 

Sparrow, dear, do not to the unknown fly away/To the modern world, you have fallen a prey/Grey is life with problems huge in the fray/Stay, stay, with us, oh, dear, I do pray!