Flowers and Silences
The dim darkness-the diffused light-dimness of one merging into the other-imparting more length to the long trees that are standing like stretched out shadows wearing stars in their hair-
silence is imparting more depth to the darkness
in this advaita where darkness is merged into silence, my mind wakes up, now not only sound but even a ray of light is a violent disturbance to the profoundness of peace-
in such moments deep truths unveil themselves-now I realize it is not sound but in silence melody lives-
I am born out of flowers and silences- while passing my hand brushed against a flower,
I asked 'are you bruised? ‘‘Me or you' smiling, the flower questioned back-
the heart of my pen broke and split blood; - I do not know which paper can bear this pen-
In the gigantic silences of forests, which touch the blue skies, the carpenter bird pecks at the trunks of great trees which echo, far reaching sounds-what can he do among the tiny crotons?
I ate days like fruits-now I eat drops of tears like grapes-
frightened by the sun took refuge under shades-
sitting on the pavement eating dreams from eyes like ice cream with spoons-
measuring my life with dark evenings- I distributed my wealth once with meters,
now I scatter with handfuls my future letting it fly in all directions-
I washed my heart in tears and dried it over poetry-
walked past wearing people on my body like shawls-
in the assemblies of flames; in countries abroad I raised my gypsy voice and sang mixing earth and sky-
this country is the graveyard of my genius-
however fast I walk the distance remains the same.
This land is thirsty for my blood,
it is snoring in the little shades of pigmy trees-
I picked my pen and dipped it in the sun to write a summer song for my nation-
- Seshendra Sharma
Copyright © Seshendra Sharma | Year Posted 2021
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