As You May Feel Poem by Ratneswar Brahmachari

A candle was lit a dawn
But was not supposed to be!
The Sun was in full form.

I’ve got a life boat but not in the mid sea,
Jokingly near the shore.

Useless to avail but useful to be proud of.

Expected much in my tryst toward talent
Only to find it latent,

Got enough love after the heart was broken,
Affection and solace for the savage mind,

Where simplicity is the destiny,
Beautiful is the path,
Shadows of forgotten minds
Are the milestones.
At first, comes the thorn,

Ankle-immersed mud,
While stumbling on pebbles,
‘Centre of Gravity’ as they say, laughs at,
Hypothalamus betrays…

Conscience comes forth -
Cares, embalms on bruises,
The Blood clots, Thanks to the discipline.

When knowledge surrenders often to darkness,
Mind perceives the enlighten,
Ray of hope, The rising Sun sends a message.

I’ve seen the Sun-rise from various places under the Sun,
Never did I care before to look within self.

I do know, most often before the Sun rises
Clouds eagerly curtain the ‘Aten-Ra’
The challenge thrown by mundane obstacles,
Neglected carelessly by ‘Ra’
In the golden chariot pulled by seven horses…

The Pharaoh looks and looks
Tries to feel oneself with ‘Ra’
Sight, tracking the chariot to the west till dusk.
His highness is also not enjoying freedom in his own kingdom!
The soothing Nile never obeys even a single command of the Pharaoh,
Yet the Nile gifts in plenty without requisitions.
Much more than the Pharaoh can ever demand
Much more than the Pharaoh can ever demand…

The Nile harbours ‘Ra’ at dusk to take rest.
Then the Pharaoh perceives…
He is tired, though there’s nowhere for him,
Where a Pharaoh can take calm, cool, gentle soothing long rest
On the ‘Lap of Peace’!