Mind Poem by Indira Renganathan

Mind

Rating: 5.0


I have not seen a ghost
Nor have I seen you
I know you are a ghost
Inside me quite true

Unfurled, smoky, spooky, stratus
Descending to be a tornado or a hurricane
Like those black darkening clouds
O'mind, you are inside me but unseen

An unseen tenant of malacious glee
Occupant of my brain, ten percent
Of a dark mass; I'm yet to see
Enlightenment in your whole of hundred percent

You're pregnant with emotions
Love is a rose in your lexicon
So was I pricked by thorns
Subsequent haunts on and on

O'mind love is divine, universal
Beyond that filthy urge physical
Realised, wouldn't have gone cynical
Would've served the poor, the infirm, logical

Gone waste, a perplexity
Misled life of complexity
Till my death o'mind your quality
Sheer trait of frivolity

May you change to be chaste
Stopping your hitherto haunt
May you escort till my breath last
Acceptable for me the benevolent best

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Liz Thaugally 20 April 2008

Very interesting metaphor for the mind- a haunting of. Had to read a couple of times to get it- but well expressed. Lizelah.x

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Mahtab Bangalee 28 February 2019

excellent prolific poetic expression- O'mind love is divine, universal Beyond that filthy urge physical Realised, wouldn't have gone cynical Would've served the poor, the infirm, logical///

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Dr Dillip K Swain 05 December 2018

I have not seen a ghost/Nor have I seen you/I know you are a ghost/Inside me quite true....scintillating expression! Thoroughly grasped the poem dear madam! Beautifully written.....10

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Rina Ilazi 10 October 2009

this is a great description with a rich vocab

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Nikunj Sharma 17 August 2009

this is a very good poem, getting into depth of things, subtle, strong and stimulating at the same time...........10

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what a talk that was with the mind...mind blowing...a very subtle yet deep poem..one to be read over and over again..i take it into my favs...thank you mam for your comments...i and mine was meant to be controversial..the 'i' i meant was not samanyan or a hitler..take it as a adisankara or mahatma..please read my 'a baby dawn', 'a joy'

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