Saturday 5 July 2008

Towards Destiny

"You can never go home again"
Thus spake a wise man
Years ago, of how Time
Has that fascinating property
Of lending distance, excising
Incisively, through experience, any
Tremulous familiarity with a past.

Nestlings fly away,
Rarely ever, to return to their
Nest of birth;
Though Salmon brave
The currents to reach the
Old spawning waters;
Nothing less that a cruel
Destiny awaits!

And while that invisible
Umbilical cord strains
With time, and its ally, distance,
One forgets that the
Process of Birth
Is a one way street-
A that cord can
Never be retracted!


Thus, as Time oxidizes
Rusts the sheen, and finally
Shows the doorway:

The game, it moves up, another level.




5 July, 2008

9 comments:

  1. And while that invisible
    Umbilical cord strains
    With time, and its ally, distance,
    One forgets that the
    Process of Birth
    Is a one way street-
    A that cord can
    Never be retracted!


    Lovely lines ma'am..
    Loved the thoughts thats interlaced..elements of high didactics beautifully knitted..:)

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  2. So neatly worded!! And the message oozes out through and through, from that salmon, that nestling, that umbilical cord. Amazed! :)

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  3. This one has it in itself to be a lesson of revelation with an undated expiry. It is great!

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  4. Waaow....Usha,

    I love poems and poeting..ahhahh, your blog is so lovely...so full of lovely poems...woow I'm really amazed and glad I came accross your blog. I use to collect nice peoms and somwhere along I lost that and I'm getting back into the mood & interest now that I saw yours...we may share and exchange...but I'm totally not a professional like you...wow I love this.

    Please do visit my blog wen you can and keep in touch!

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  5. Such a deep and exquisite write!!

    towards destiny!! a destiny dat z often not re-traceable, ain't it?

    beautiful! and even more, i'd term it par brilliance!!! :)

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  6. "as Time oxidizes
    Rusts the sheen, and finally
    Shows the doorway"
    Excellent!

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  7. As rukhiya said...neatly worded...nice choice of words..


    P.S: My blog updated...think u have not read the last 3 posts...do visit soon..

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  8. BUT...
    where are you these days..
    we all miss you..

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  9. Oops lots of catching up to do!

    Bharath, Thank you for those kind words!
    rukhiya, thanks so much for the way you bring in those angles too!

    Soumya, I like that phrase, undated expiry:) thanks!
    God's little angel, thank you, will certainly drop by:)
    Sash, Thank you:)
    MIP, glad you like those lines... and well am back in action now:)
    Rajesh, thanks... and do take care and enjoy the break!

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