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Moon River….
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Loading ...In the stillness of the night,
Somewhere a baby cries
There is no one to look after him
No one to wipe the tears from those innocent eyes
What has the world come to?
Is humanity still alive?
Why is each day like a battle in war?
Why do we need to struggle to survive?
It is night indeed
The darkest of them all
Is there no one who can bring back the light?
No one, who will answer the last call?
Everyday, I hear tales of war
Of death, of pain and slaughter and butchery
I close my eyes and shut my ears
Trying to hide from all the misery
Until at last, alas!
I cannot stand the gore
I can’t see the bodies and blood
Lord! I can’t take it no more
They say, there is heaven and hell
Where the good and the evil,
Are taken as we know
Since I’m sure, hell this is
It is heaven then where after death
I shall go.
One night I see a light
High up in the sky
I’m drawn to it as if a puppet on strings
Someone tell me why?!
I walk towards it and see the moon
Shine on me and smile lovingly
For the first time it seems in ages,
I smile back at something
For the first time I feel as if I’m free
I do not want to look back
There is no one whom I want to behold
The ignorant fools will fight,
Fight and destroy each other
As it has always been foretold
I stand and see the moonlight
In the waters of the sea
It seems as if it’s a river from the moon
Stretching out to me
I walk on along the river of light
Maybe…. when I open my eyes again
Everything will be alright…….
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9 Comments
Apoorv, the poem flows effortlessly, no jarred words inserted here and there! Kudos to you!
The scenes in the closing paras are beautiful. But is this what we’ve come to? – sleep and let it mend? That’s the sad part! We do want things to improve, but do we really work for it?!
Every human is a lonely travellor
That he comes to know
When he knows himself as part of HIM
the passage to Nirvana
Is a one man portal
No kith, no kin to follow
An absorbing poem that makes us think of our priorities once again
Regret I overlooked reading your fine work in this cesspool of so much prose posted as poetry! I would like to bookark your name to read at leasure. Thank you for such fine poetry
i agree with all of the above.this effortless writing is a gem you have.don’t lose it.again a great one from you.
Apoorv,
well written, reads well. Good imagery.
Sometimes we are mere in this world and sometimes we just have to close our eyes even if just to take a breather,
Gion
I stand and see the moonlight
In the waters of the sea
It seems as if it’s a river from the moon
Stretching out to me
I walk on along the river of light
Maybe…. when I open my eyes again
Everything will be alright…….
loved these lines
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