{"id":33227,"date":"2017-08-05T12:39:19","date_gmt":"2017-08-05T16:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=33227"},"modified":"2017-08-05T12:39:19","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T16:39:19","slug":"migratory-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/migratory-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"Migratory Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>HOUR FOUR-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>8.45am: At Subway<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Waiting for the train with a cup of coffee,<\/p>\n<p>salted bagel and a book in my hand.<\/p>\n<p>I peered around me.<\/p>\n<p>People of all sorts, shapes, sizes and with different appetites wait. To reach their destination.<\/p>\n<p>My stare now pinned on the man who looked <em>different.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A bearded man with a <em>different<\/em> skin tone and mysterious aura sits<\/p>\n<p>alone at the far end of the train trolley.<\/p>\n<p>His singular identity created a vacuum around us; engulfing us and subway<\/p>\n<p>Everything seems drawn into that void- nameless frowns,<\/p>\n<p>profane remarks, uncourteous smirks, and fearful scorns.<\/p>\n<p>My stare now pinned on the man who looked <em>different.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The bearded man shoe worn-out from the long journey<\/p>\n<p>His eyes wearied from the sadness and longing<\/p>\n<p>no shades, no paraphernalia, and no gimmicks<\/p>\n<p>his \u2018unrelenting\u2019 demeanor was unfazed with &#8216;inquisitive&#8217; eyes hovering over him,<\/p>\n<p>piercing stares, and unfriendly faces.<\/p>\n<p>His singular identity created a vacuum around us; engulfing us and subway.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There were furrows in his turban; he must have pleated<\/p>\n<p>all housewarming gifts, legacies and discriminations neatly into it.<\/p>\n<p>His wings were flaccid resembling wings of a migratory bird<\/p>\n<p>His eyes were wearied from the sadness and longing<\/p>\n<p>waiting for seasons transition to journey homeward.<\/p>\n<p>Homecoming birds were washing all their sins in the holy water.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I peered around me.<\/p>\n<p>People of all sorts, shapes, sizes and with different appetites wait. To reach their destination.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyrighted by Ruchi Chopra, 2017.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOUR FOUR- &nbsp; 8.45am: At Subway Waiting for the train with a cup of coffee, salted bagel and a book in my hand. I peered around me. People of all sorts, shapes, sizes and with different appetites wait. To reach their destination. My stare now&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":947,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1417,2199,2201,2200,889],"class_list":["post-33227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","tag-hour4","tag-hourfour","tag-journey","tag-migration","tag-subway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/947"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33750,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33227\/revisions\/33750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}