Detachment Derivative
In the dreaming domain
of dainty dawn
gentle zephyr flows,
ripples the radiant facade
of the placid pond,
where
on the lilting lap
of a silken lotus leaf,
floating forlorn,
rolls restless
a rain drop,
resplendent.
The sparkling rays
of the scarlet sun
transform it into
an opalescent pristine pearl,
lest it drops down
disowned,
the leaf entwines
its transient trance
with satin threads of love,
but doesn’t get attached
to the possession,
ephemeral.
Under the searing sun
the pond water simmers
within the cauldron
of the scorching day,
the singed lotus leaf
scrunches to wait
for the end of its time,
its guest fluid gem
resigned to destiny
wistfully dries up,
freed by desiccated longing
unattached,
of the prudent leaf,
and
disappears in drifting air
to obscure triviality
with it’s a transient entity,
unpossessed
in adorable abandon.
In winter twilight
as the wilted leaf
of the defoliated tree
of my languid life
floats on ebbing tide
of the consumed time,
my essence distils
a drop of elixir,
the bracing bliss,
under luminous divinity
I embrace enlightenment
engrossed,
imbibe sublime serenity
of detachment derivative,
illumined.
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Subimal Sinha-Roy
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