Sunday, 15 May 2016

Eventide



Sunset (or eventide) is one of the most beautiful gifts of nature. This poem is an empathy of Sunset. It objectifies Sunset as an entity which feels for a human sitting under a chestnut tree. There are certain strings attached between humans and sunset. On human end of the string we find sunset  comforting and beautiful. On the other end of string the Sunset finds.....  

Defeated maybe I; yet I caress thee 
Drowning in this bottomless line; just like thou painted me  

As I intertwine with this century old chestnut tree 
By which thou art resting solitary  
I touch this nature’s furrowed paw 
And feel a century of scars on this wooden scree.  

As I embrace this grassy nature’s skin 
Unto which thou art resting solitary 
I get a sensation so akin 
As infinite blades of grass fit in infinite pores of my skin  

Defeated maybe I; yet I caress thee
Entity of past will be I soon; leaving behind this gentle golden sea
  
And yet in thee I find nothing to feel 
As I stroke thy skin and everything underneath 
What enigmatic broth doth thy soul conceal? 
Which my placid touch is unable to heal
  
Amongst the familiar voices, a whisper of air thou art 
Reticent to the pathos is thy alienated heart  
And yet I glide towards thee for intangible reasons  
As I perceive in thee a thousand summer seasons
   
Defeated maybe I; yet I caress thee 
I am defeated every day and yet I can never foresee
  
Thou gaze at me as if thou art breathing me 
As thy lungs get filled with my soothing gleam 
Solitude has hollowed thy soul as I caress thee 
I can feel thy presence as feeble as a fleeting dream 

Though thy presence be void unlike grass and chestnut tree 
But this eternal pact with solitude will set you free 
And now, I am defeated by dusk and farewell I bid thee 
This solitary air dissolves you as the horizon dissolves me 

- Salil Bhat




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