Sunday 2 October 2022

Blocked Up

I never wanted to be a wave

in the sea to rise and fall

to advance and return

repeating myself Sisyphus

like achieving nothing

 

I wanted to flow like a river

with a soft murmur

inviting birds, beasts and men

to quench their thirst:

I wanted to swell in the rain

and flow indulging my

propensities for over excitement

to bless life all around me.

 

But they built bridges

smoking clouds from chimneys

of craze for industries chocked me

as the fuming words at home

made my nights agony filled

and soporific: but I never slept.

 

Today I am drying up

by the heat of life

at home, at office and

on the public stage.

Who will come like

rain bearing clouds

to make me full again?


Sabita Sahu

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