Camelia - Rabindranath Tagore
Kamala was her name.
I saw her name written on her journal
She was traveling on a tram, with her sibling along, toward the path leading to the college.
I was a back bencher there.
From one side, of her face, the smile line is visible
And the unbridled hair, touching softly her neck underneath the braid
With the book and journal in her lap
I missed the designated stoppage where I was supposed to stop.
Now, I have a stricter time, allotted for a walk outside
That calculation is not quite a musing with my workspace
Almost befitting with their leaving time, whence it is time.
Often we meet
I ponder in silence, regardless if there is any relation or not
She is my co-traveler.
A face with innocent intelligence
Was evident there, fulbright.
The young forehead had untied haid rushed to upside
The bright eyes had a gaze, unhesitant
It comes to my mind, why there is not any crisis, ensuing
Saving civilization from, to make this life glorious, charismatic, flying.
Categories:
fulbright, beauty,
Form: Free verse
I
I began writing poetry, seriously, at college
About worldly affairs, my scant knowledge
Prevented the privilege of love. I acknowledge
Ladies like Lilly, Saras, and Nerissa: Ed College
(No man, mind you; short for Education College)
A Fulbright scholarship led to miscarriage
Of my love-affairs. Didn't commit sacrilege
Pondered punctuation in life. My US college
Reduced my many commas, and exclamation
And somehow this helped my poetrification
II
A serious Love Poem, scuttled with notebook
By my younger brother, on Ashrina Ram Zook
I turned, sadly, in pages titled ASHES OF LOVE
I recall infatuation - classic - as in a textbook
But I never talked with Ash, I, a teen Mook
Thus I can't preach puppy love I forsook
Cos I never got beyond a furtive look
Stopped spelling 'priviledge' so, like 'knowledge'
For now I study at another COLLEDGE!
Categories:
fulbright, wisdom, words, writing, youth,
Form: Rhyme