The clock ticks away the time
As the day exhausts itself
Into the dreary noon.
Somewhere the overhanging clouds
Slide down the sky
to watch the temper
of the day
No animals walk the street
No birds fly in the sky
The nests on the branches
Cuddle them inside…
The stony bark
holds them strongly
the steady leaves
outstretch themselves
lest the wind
dismantles their ‘haven’.
Somewhere the river in flood
has washed away
the poor , their hutments
their life a pathetic sore
the angry waves
rise… rise and rise
higher and higher
Some brave
Waddle their canoe, their lifeboats
Upon the violent waves
Carrying away their dreams….
Their hopes for the morrow….
~Shobha Diwakar
Jabalpur, India
It’s a simple but beautifully worded poem describing a day from morn to night. It also shows how all the different living beings pass their day. It points those things that we usually see but overlook them. Keep it up!
A simple but touching poem expressing the anguish of all living creatures when caught in the grip of Nature’s violent mood.