The Path that Follows the Course of the River
- Deep from the Soul -
K. Radhakumar *
The riddles of the Sphinx!
Life is
What life is.
Perhaps the answer is,
Life is,
In the question itself.
Day-to-day life - not very exciting
Always moving without the one who moves
(Changes that time will definitely tell later on)
No serious threat
From the greatest fear of life
That is, no life
Ah, perhaps that's the secrets of life.
I have got the feel of
Somebody walking beside me of late.
I can never see her face;
Whenever I turn around to look at her
She always turns away from me.
I go - She goes
We go along together,
The unseen lady and I
From no beginning to no end.
There goes what's-her-name
A real lady
Conducting herself with grace and dignity
Through the evening crowd;
I think she stands out from the crowd.
Well, I had a crush on her
In my College days.
Today, I find her greatly aged,
Her beauty no longer seems ageless
But shows signs of ageing.
Suddenly I would like to look at myself
In a mirror
For the mirror does not tell lies.
It was the day after the closure of the financial year -
I am not particular about the year
That is not important: What is important is
I seem to have been absorbed in official
responsibilities for months
Though the financial year closed
with a budget deficit.
I woke up late
And glanced at the morning newspapers.
Out of the corner of my eye
I saw my daughter coming towards me
With a book in her hand -
She was already a girl!
I saw roses are in flower
In the flowerpot of my little kitchen garden
And it brought the dull morning back to life.
* Poem written by K. Padmakumar which was published at Hueiyen Lanpao (English Edition)
This poem was webcasted on October 20 2012.
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