My day, like any other day
World poetry day
is perhaps my day, many
verses, most of them
told ordinarily, they
fell on the leaves;
patient words
eager to be heard,
did they enchant the world,
I’d always wondered;
but who am I to think
of that, when all I could
do, in darkness or in light
was write, and only write,
shades of unseen hues
in black and white,
who am I to judge any
of them, good, bad, they
were my thoughts, my poems;
stories of angst, worries
ecstasies, pouring from
my heart, daisies, daffodils,
poppies came, went, and came
like an addictive game
adorning an unnoticed garden;
on this day, like any other day,
when all those written lines,
no longer mine, some fragrant,
some decorating branches,
of a large tree that sheltered nests,
invited the bees, and, nourished,
went wandering with wings,
chirping, dancing, flying,
falling, rising, reaching out in places,
I see the traces in rigid bondage,
a tragic sight of a curious page,
but strange that I have to read
them over and over again
to set them free.
I like the flow of this, and the subtle rhyming; its wants to be recited – I’ll try it on the missus. And I hadn’t realised it was World Poetry Day. Anyway, a lovely poem.
D.
O that’d be wonderful if you’d do that!
For us everyday is a poetry day, so no big deal.
Cheers,
Supratik
I’ve always though – a poem should be up for recitation and this one definitely is; and I tend to miss world day’s, but as you say – poetry is for any day
Best….D.
🙂
Another brilliant write from your talented pen, I’m not sure if we have ‘favourites’ on here anymore but if we did this one would go into mine.sue.
O thank you! So glad you liked it.
Supratik