An Oasis of Calm
- Deep from the Soul -
K. Radhakumar *
There was a dream called life,
Or rather, my life.
All hopes of a complete life
Have now vanished;
I have no regrets about seeing
My vivid dreams
Crumbling away before my eyes.
My first born baby boy –
It lived for two days only
The tip of the iceberg!
There are many whats and whys
In this cultural desert
But suicide is no answer to it.
I feel heady with the scent of life;
The realities, the hard realities
Seem extremely unrealistic, in retrospect.
Between the remembrance of things long past
And the cosiness of a lifelong dream,
Between the turn of events
And the dreams not translated into reality
A field mouse goes gliding past –
All eyes it is
And the hairs around its mouth super active
Before getting lost in the gap in the hedge.
What is this place
With border skirmishes, nuclear threats,
Terrorist attacks...
Where I am not my brother’s keeper?
This is normal,
This is perfectly normal;
I am used to it
And I have not dreamt of another place
More beautiful than this place
This earth of ours, yours and mine.
I came empty-handed
Where from I do not know;
One day I will go away empty-handed
Like the rains after the rainy season
Whereto I do not know.
There are infinite images,
Strange sound and echoes in between.
I just cannot empty my mind of thoughts
And this is my tragedy:
I do dream
Sleep or no sleep.
* Poem written by K. Radhakumar which was published at Hueiyen Lanpao (English Edition)
This poem was webcasted on June 06 2013.
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