It's the Beginning By Kuldip Medhi
It's the beginning
From here the road
Takes a bend
Like the horse-shoe
Towards west
From here the stretch
Of bare meadows
On both sides of the path
The tufts flying hither-thither
Shadows from the lined trees
Seem lost somewhere
A heron in the pool's mud
Seems to search for food
Looking back from here
Nothing can be seen
The dust of the path
Rubbing their eyes
Bounces back
Wild flowers at the foothill
Seem to beckon someone
Can hear a distant echo
Of a chopped tree's voice
Piercing the heart
It's the beginning
Hereafter nothing more
Nothing furthermore
Here is the end
Skies of the evening
The blaze has
Smoldered to ashes.
(Translated from the original in Assamese "Eyar Porai Arombhani" by Prof. Anita Baruwa)
Copyright © Kuldip Medhi | Year Posted 2019
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