The Roamings-W
In my green green salad days
I roamed in my thoughts over the universe
Immersed with the great writings.
Then physically exposed to different cultures
Meeting people of different sects and creed
Enacted Moliere in his own National theatre of Paris,
Oh, the Eiffel Tower and the Chateaus
The bard’s residence on Stratford-upon-Avon
Robert Burns of Eyre and Walter Scot of Scotland
The Dracula palace in Romania, the Alps in Germany
Over to Mongolia, the land of Great Chengiskhan
On to Los Angeles to stop for a landmark of
My Roamings and then of Ramblings in black and white,
The modern marvels of Disney land and Cape Kennedy
To skyscrapers of Sears and CNN
And the journey’s end at Niagara, the Antiope of Canada.
Now I am like a remnant of a cloud of autumn
Uselessly roaming in the sky
O Sun ever-glorious
Your touch has not yet melted my vapour
Make me one with your light
And thus I count months and years
Oh, take this my emptiness
Paint it with myriad colors with gold.
Dr. Ram Mehta
*The Roamings is the name of collection of my poems published in 2002.
*The Ramblings is the name of collection of my poems published in 2004
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