A Sternly Life
Malem Elangbam *
That woebegone bomed nomad,
Imbued him by all to ford felicity in life,
Nonetheless, languored disquiet of finding happiness,
He saw all endured fording happiness and solicituded...
Plethora of ways he notioned and intended,
Merely the ineluctable ways is, he hold in ambiguity,
The tragic end of pyrrhic steps avoided,
A ripple want for survival was his last wish,
He waited for Talisman... At last, he found wherewithal and
was susurrous towards the way he stepped out antecedently,
Dithered and felt petrichor,
Closed the eyes and ran into darkness to find the penumbra...
The Talisman whispered
the panacea in very low voice and clued happiness in life,
Shockingly he already lost his hearing and dull...
He walked around
to find Talisman again with outraged ear
to hear the whisper again,
He didn't find anywhere anymore,
He almost forgot the cynosure
and lived in tears finding happiness still
in the blurry roadway
gasping the last breath...
* Poem written by Malem Elangbam for The Sangai Express
This poem was webcasted on 16 January 2023 .
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