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Saturday, September 12, 2009

Sobs Of A Departed Soul(In memory of my loving student Sujith who left us last month)

You departed peeling off my heart,
that smile unseen under the tear-shed eyes
the twinkling of your eyes,subduing looks...
Overwhelming thoughts lisping around,
never have I felt so very broken before
Did I hear you call from behind?

Now what are we?
just a piece of human,
destined to serve reward less?or
an expiated soul pulling the burden,with
no demigod to utter a word of comfort?
can any soothsayer puzzle out this cause?

But, yes..I hear a silent step
(a mild chill peeping into my heart)
I feel His presence
even in this growing darkness.
Is he going to touch me...
I feel a frosted hand over my shoulder,I shudder...

Before me ,an aching womb lamenting
at her lost delight of a son's touch and
unheard sweetness of his lovely words.
Thorns of sorrow hurting all eyes,to see
the soul encased in the frame of bone
float far off to those frosted hills.

5 comments:

KParthasarathi said...

A very moving poem that made my eyes moist.The loss of dear student is too much to bear and time alone would blunt the blow.

anupama said...

Dear Sujith,
my prayers n respects to the departed soul for the eternal peace!the best tribute a teacher can pay in memory of a loving student!
joe,your post is so touching!
a great n noble work indeed!
sasneham,
anu

anupama said...

dear joe,
unknowingly i addressed sujith.let it be so.let him feel happy that the poem written by his teacher is really appreciated.
sujith will be in my thoughts n prayers........
GOD will give strength to the family members to bear the pain of loss which can never be filled.
sasneham,
anu

Readers Dais said...

Dear Joe,
The lament of the aching womb,considered as the most severe pain one can ever suffer,even vice versa..uve created the thorns of sorrow not only hurting all eyes ,but our minds too while reading..good work & having someone like you in my follower box is a real inspiration ,thanx..

workhard said...

I can sense pain in this post.. a lot of it.. This is real sad...


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