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OCEAN LAPS [Written in December, 1997, Bangalore, India. First appearance here on my website!!] |
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Each twilight evening, by the paling red sea I have walked the sandy coral beach, In silent solitude -- Alone ... Musty crab shells on mossy, sea-bathed rocks My only company. Each frothy dark night, in the cry of a lost gull, The icy night wind in mischievous cruelty Has thrown my mind into a tangled confusion Of a bitter nothingness-- Akin to the countless million ripples That arise from a deep roar of the sapphire blue waves And fade away softly in my lonely palms. Moments of childlike ecstasy have I spent In curious excitement Unearthing each marine treasure that lies in solitude Cast away from their sapphire home. and often have I whispered softly, little fantasies of a lonely heart-- Thoughts of a world for me and li'l children-- Little lonely children of the dark... Beyond cloudless heavens (so I have heard) Colors bright and pale dance and play. Laughing waves shower a gleeful, friendly spray And the blinding rays of a midday sun Whip young sapling souls no more into a forgotten dust. But each thought that I have fancied And each path that I have traced through a shattered dream, Pale images have sneered from The footprints of a dull-gray past. But in the pale light shimmering paths yet remain hidden away As I retrace them softly Into a world tucked away safely In the heart of a solitary coral.... Zeenat N
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