Lockdown From Dawn To Dusk

Watching from my window sill
I saw him walking, a lion in thrill
Streets shivering of his mighty shrill
On his call they come and fill
An army of dogs route march and drill.

Peeping through my window pane
A group of birds landing on the lane
Through which cars flown in train
Now laying like a snake in pain.

Prying eyes through melancholy windows
I saw spring sprouting fast in meadows
Nature dancing reviving lacking human shadows.

For bringing back her magical touches
As she strikes, one but all happily blushes.

Oh, dear mother, forgive your prodigal sons.

Awful calmth of streets in still
Sinking my spirits in silence they remain
Without the treading feet of two legged fellows
One and twenty days freed from his clutches
Nature will revive, but her sons fearfully in their prisons.


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Date: 4/8/2020 4:22:00 AM
Thanks for sharing this wonderful observation along with prudent warning, presented in your awesome poetic style. God bless you.
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Jenish Somadas
Date: 4/8/2020 4:27:00 AM
Thank you Beata for your delightful comment.. Takecare always..
Date: 4/2/2020 7:51:00 AM
Truly well written. Though we deserve this we must remember that this too shall pass. Take care ,Rashi
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Jenish Somadas
Date: 4/2/2020 9:53:00 AM
This will pass sooner than we dream.. And world will be like before.. But stay safe for the time being..
Date: 3/29/2020 2:59:00 PM
Very well written, bringing me right there. Stay well :)
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Jenish Somadas
Date: 3/29/2020 11:51:00 PM
Thank you Heidi..Takecare...
Date: 3/29/2020 12:44:00 PM
Your window pane's in pain. :) Gershon
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Jenish Somadas
Date: 3/29/2020 11:50:00 PM
No pain..Just wondering how the world looks like when we are in our own prisons and those whom we imprisoned freely walking out..Takecare..
Date: 3/29/2020 12:24:00 PM
Enjoyed your descriptions of nature's liveliness by contrast of our "imprisonment."
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Jenish Somadas
Date: 3/29/2020 11:48:00 PM
Thank you Juliet..Stay safe..
Date: 3/27/2020 8:16:00 AM
Amazing how we humans adjust to our surroundings--I see the hues you painted in this poem, Jenish--watching from your window.
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Jenish Somadas
Date: 3/27/2020 11:45:00 AM
Thank you Vijay.. Be safe..
Date: 3/27/2020 5:30:00 AM
A marvelous poem filled with superb imagery dearest, Jenish! Well done my friend. Good luck. Hugs xxx
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Jenish Somadas
Date: 3/27/2020 11:45:00 AM
Thank you Demetrios for your delightful comment...
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