Lalitham

A sweet chirp is enough
to let it be known
`I am here.'
Just feather drop is enough
to prove `I was here'.
Simply the warmth of hatching is enough
to say
`I will be here.'
Birds! How could they articulate life
much simpler!
(Lalitham by P.P. Ramachandran, Tr. T.P. Rajeevan)