Balloon World - Priyam Poem by Kaniamudhu Shanmugam

Balloon world -Priyam

Translated from Tamil to English
by Kaniamudhu Shanmugam


One balloon is Sun
One balloon Moon
Underneath
Many human balloons

In flimsy glass jars
Floats the Earth

More importantly
Blabberings and philosophies
Especially
Honesty found
Rules framed
Seem to be an object of mockery
Yet another useless balloon

Away from the mind
Floats a strong balloon that cannot be blown and
Unable to be torn by sharp things


Suddenly her dwelling is there says the balloon girl besides saying asecretin my ear"there is no racial and color disparity "

From the ashes of the destroyed beauty
Emerges a bird
In the iron bills of that bird
Is the balloons river
Where does it fly and where does itgo


I remember to have embraced you the balloon girl
Your misfortune I was made up of glass
Screaming you run
Balloon blood
Balloon heart
Balloon lips

Glass teeth