Monday 11 November 2013

DREADFUL FATE!


 
                                                     DREADFUL FATE!

Upon this drenched and dried land,

Worn and tired, here I stand!

Memories echo in me,

On my childhood of glee!

When I used to be so careless and free

When I used to wonder upon what I would be!

And now I stand here,

With my return, so near!

I place my burdens behind me,

And shrink my eyes to clearly see!

A stick in my hand to guide,

I can barely hear him stride!

And  each minute by which he nears,

My heart thumps with little fears!

But I can no more wait

For this is meant to be my fate!

"Are you ready?” asks the Death God,

Alas! I have no option but to nod!



-PAVITHRA SESHADRI

PHOTO COURTESY:GOOGLE

6 comments:

  1. so nice to read.. feeling the agony..photo n poem easily link together..

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  2. Excellent piece..... Could feel the pain of the old woman......

    I think your father too wrote a Tamil poem on this picture....

    Keep writing....

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  3. Thank you sir!!
    And,yes my father did write a tamil piece on this....கழிவிரக்கம்!

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  4. it's great dear..... but what happened?You started writing poems about sadness and death?

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  5. Just that it was apt for the pic...nothin more babe....thank you...!!

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