EMPTINESS
Nostalgic
feeling at the beach,
In
front of blue sea waves in foam,
White
foams spreading wet sand,
Returns
water back to sea again,
Childhood
to twilight years a span,
Never
could count waves approach,
Dry
sand bed golden extends long,
Preferred
the isolated place squatted,
Looked
at the horizon, blue sky merging,
As
if mortal limbs my mind matching,
Sand
beach long never could measure,
Little
can say, how much walked,
Life
behind traveled on earth saw,
Lives
matching oceanic creatures,
Innumerable
spirits, different shapes,
Countless
behaviors failed to observe,
Found
fearful like shark hunting,
Killing
weaker lives stalks gaily,
Whale
gigantic size fearless moves,
Wealthy
n powerful, people replicate,
Attached
colony of fish to a whale,
Life
of laborers attached to the rich,
Watched
countries, size differ well,
Colonies
of marine creatures vary,
Confects underneath water surface,
Invisible
dimensions world creates,
Shied
life passed, was thinking here,
Consciousness
the beach aroused,
Phenomenon
complex intricate in fact,
Entwined
spider net life manifest,
Closed
eyes felt a gentle breeze blowing,
Whispering
if the secrecy of life created,
Born
on earth must die, certain,
Wiped-out
civilizations reappeared,
Countless
cycles of manifestations,
I
was smiling at the waves rising,
At
zenith, haughty, fang of a snake,
Disappear
ferocity of approaching,
Etched
on the beach, I love my life,
Sea
erased my writing on sands soon,
Sat
quietly thought again,
How
many friends have departed,
Thank
Lord, still am breathing well,
A seed planted on soil grew bigger,
Foliaged
long back had fruit nicely,
Fulfilled
propagation so as me,
Laughed
with wind salty soaking,
Wet
limbs remembered youth,
Like
shivering leaves murmuring,
Started
singing, humming tuneless,
Life
was how similar to my song,
Saturated
with fragrance smelling,
Foul
smell life had spread behavior,
Like
thorns in rose-plant hurt many,
Mere
a word my tongue spelled havoc,
Ruined
heart of honey bee unnoticed,
Mesmerized
in the setting sun orange,
Return
home whole day passed alone,
The
sun bright sank, darkness spread,
Cool
shade my life provided to many,
Incessant
roaring waves were indistinct,
Eventful
busy was my life felt silent,
Who
was following me, I did not know,
Saw
Cane grass was singing for her,
Invisible
mother has arrived in spring,
Earth
invites her in a bridal dress,
Spring
visited my life and greeted her,
Felt
an emptiness in me, surprised,
Emptiness
merged with her presence.
@
Bijayananda Mishra
