Flightless Bird !

He always wanted to have an independent, luxurious and princely life. He wanted to do what his heart wanted, he wanted to go where the wind took him. But he couldn't deny one concrete fact, the only constraint to all his desires, he was just like a flightless bird.

He could see others fly so high, content with their attempts to touch the sky. But he could never reach out and join them. He just saw them, envied them and cried. What else could he do, he was just like a flightless bird.

He had hundreds of scores of unfulfilled desires, some kingly and some childlike, but it was futile to wish for the impossible. He saw them getting what they didn't even need, saw them being uninterested in the things he always dreamed of. What else could he do ,he was just like a flightless bird.

He could hardly walk a league while they covered scores of miles, spinning round and round in the sky. He just saw them and pitied his fortune. What else could he do, he was just like a flightless bird.

Amid all this gloom, envy and desires, he saw that he was not alone. There were others like him who were happy the way they were. That was how nature chose him to be and that was how he was supposed to be. He finally unveiled this secret, in order to stay happy one needs to be what one actually is.

And he was glad, he was just like a flightless bird.