**breaking Time's Shackles Poem by RAJ NANDY

BREAKING TIME’S SHACKLES!

I was born free like the floating clouds,
Rising at dawn with the morning sun;
Floating up high with those clouds,
Changing shapes in those days of fun!
And at night time appeared to look frozen
and still,
Shining with those shimmering stars in
space,
All eternity appeared to be within grasp,
And radiance covered my bonny face!
With the sun the azimuth I reached,
While time remained with me to thrill!
Now with time - I play foxes and hounds,
As I descend with the setting sun;
With fleeting thoughts in my mind,
The lost day must be won!
Like the mighty ocean I lie confined,
But I sing in chains like the rolling sea!
With the rolling waves I sing His praise,
Which breaks on the shore ceaselessly!
And again with the rising sun I shall rise
once more,
Braking those time-bound shackles free!
-Raj Nandy
New Delhi
01 Mar 09