I Will Hear You Say... Poem by M D Dinesh Nair

I Will Hear You Say...

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You told me one evening,
'Again why you made friends
With the ones who have
Parched lips,
Crying eyes and
Trembling hands? '

I wondered why you did not see
My missing stanzas,
The portrait of a dying river,
Of a rootless tree
And a sinking life boat!
I wasn`t ever for a change.

Children are with many worshipers
Should I worship them?
Men in spirit and fire are around me
Should I rejoice by them with envy within?
Beautiful women are with sweet smiles
Should I skip looking at them like a man does?

When you have read the end of every chapter
You have to understand the very beginning
Once more, or twice more?
Into your incomplete script
Shall I insert my utterances?
They will reverberate your thoughts too for a while, I think.

Alone in a strange crowd when I stand
With a smile that doesn`t mean much to you
You are afraid I am ruining my life
Whereas the ruins have made me oftener.
I know the frown on your face
That is designed like Plato`s!

I may soon write against democracy
As I crave for a dictator to save my country
Everybody is sad here, except you
Who is just sad that I 'am sad ever'
The Venus is shining in a sky
That is the left over of a threatening sky.

One day I will find your voice
Whispering into my dying ears swollen too
When the parched lips and crying eyes
With the pangs of a tree and elsewhere river
Will fade into my thoughts alive and dead
And I shall hear you say, 'I still love you'.

Monday, August 25, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: life
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Geetha Jayakumar 30 August 2014

A Thoughtful write from your pen. Very true said, though we have read each chapters from beginning till end, still we need to re read it once again from the beginning, to understand what we missed out. So that we can move to next chapter. But each time when we read, we often find some new meaning in it. To be frank it is very difficult to understand each chapters even after reading it more than once. A person person travelling alone smile, though it may not mean anything to anyone, but for self who can smile even in midst of Sinking life boat do really matters. The last stanza I loved it... Very true said, we realise the beauty of this life very late. As long as we are alive, we don't understand the meaning of life. Many times we feel like giving up..when our body is worn and torn and soul is just whispering in ears in the death bed., I still love you. We understand only late.....I loved reading it. Thanks a lot for sharing with us. Now I understood why the chapters have to be re read it once again.....

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Aftab Alam Khursheed 27 August 2014

I heard from the History students if read history you may know the reason of up graph you may get the reason of down graph Really enjoy the poem with its color

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Valsa George 26 August 2014

Only from the beginning, we can move to the end and a better understanding comes only by looking into what comes between the beginning and the end! I see here a man in love with sorrow who enjoys travelling in a sinking ship and is never keen to be rescued! As you reiterate- you aren't for a change! Rock like you want gto stay unmoved in your stance... not ready to budge an inch. The picture you draw is ever a dismal picture! As there are dying rivers and rootless trees, there are also swift flowing rivers with clear waters and colourful fish and supine trees, full of foliage.... home to birds and squirrels and burdened with flowers and fruits. Why don't you look at them for a change... I wonder! Let me reverse Tirupathi Sir's comment..... your poem is full of resentment which is the truth and still there are people to love you! A great write as usual Dinesh! !

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Tirupathi Chandrupatla 25 August 2014

When you have read the end of every chapter You have to understand the very beginning Every chapter is difficult until the next one is read. Revisit them to appreciate the current one. Your poem is full of truth which is most often resented. Maybe it will be appreciated at the end like in the last line of your poem.

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