04 July 2009

Ode to an unknown day of the week


A boat

Came along

On an obscure day of the week

Some say it was a Sunday

For the translucent scent

Of white lilies

Yet others can’t remember

They meet at the boxers’ enclave

Sifting yellow calendars of oil paintings

Old ladies peep in

Through the limestone windows

For a pinch of gossip

A crack in the wall

Desperate for a story to tell

But it evades

Mind plays

3 comments:

Soumyaranjan Dash said...

wow! really, very much philosophical! But, plz, give such soul-foods in regular intervals!

World said...

Silica, hottie that you are. I wonder what or who inspires your poems?? Is it Aurobindian Singularity- The Evolutionary Godhead Who Will manifest Himself in the world? or something else???

HemRaj Singh said...

Yes, mind plays...

Mind plays
The symphony of strife
In the calm of noise
The song of love
On the blade of a knife

The steel cold world
And the ruthless life
Senseless existence made worthwhile
The glimmering hope dying in exile

The future has none of the past
Yet we look back in hope, lost
To find the key to tomorrow
And return with dusty hands

The Sun rises in the east
And, again, it does
See, we can predict, the mind yells
And there we go, yet again

Bobbing back and forth
Hope floats
No matter what who says
Oh! The game the mind plays...

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That was a beautiful poem you wrote there. This is a skeptical, and rather sad response. Whatever came naturally...