Best Poems Written by Manav Trehan

Handicap

Late into the Night;
    the hunger of the day
is keeping the eye half shut
    and the sleep at bay

Wrapped in a torn sheet 
    on the platform no. 3
holding on to wooden clutches 
    where the legs should be

Out from the corner
    a ray of light
grows into a sea of brightness;
    a heavenly sight

In this heaven
    he jumps, play and run
He can only look forward
    the life has just begun

He climbs the trees
     and goes down the ravines deep
the exhaustion gets him;
     alas, he cannot sleep

The light passes away
    the dreams are gone 
it’s cold and dark again;
    reality is back to haunt

Cursing the God, he asks
   why do you give dreams, illusions and hope
I can stay famished all night
  the mental handicaps, I cannot cope

Copyright © Manav Trehan | Year Posted 2006