On That Day Would Ask This Earth Poem by sundaram chandrakalaadhar

THE MESSENGERS OF THE SUN, ON HIS BEHALF,
ON THAT DAY WOULD ASK THIS EARTH
'' WHERE IS HE WHO DAILY GREETS ME
WITH A BEAMING SMILE AND A POETRY ON LIPS?
CALL HIM BEFORE I BURST FORTH IN THE EAST ''.
THE MOON IN THE WEST WOULD REFUSE TO GO
TELLING, '' I MUST SAY GOOD-BYE TO HIM
WHO WAITS FOR ME AT DUSK AND DAWN
FULL OF LOVE WITH PLEASING WORDS.''
THE STARS WOULD REFUSE TO PALE ON THAT DAY
'' CALL HIM, WE MISS HIM WHO WITH A CELESTIAL MAP
IS EVER IN SEARCH OF EVERYONE OF US AT NIGHT
STRAINING HIS EVERY NERVE AMONG THE CLOUDS.''
THE CLOUDS WOULD DROP LOW DOWN IN THE SKY
CALLING, '' O MY FRIEND, WHERE ARE YOU
WHO WEAVE YOUR\ DREAMS JOURNEYING ON OUR BACKS? ''.
THE WINDS AND THE SKY AND THE FLOWERS
AND ALL NATURE WOULD ASK, ''WHERE IS HE,
OUR COMPANION IN SPACE AND TIME
WHO HAS THE MAN'S FRAME AND A GIRL'S HEART
AND THE PRATTLE OF A TODDLER? ''
THE EARTH WOULD LOOK AT THEM ALL
ON THAT DAY WITH NO WORDS BUT TEARFUL EYES;
AND THAT DAY WOULD HE BE NOWHERE TO GREET
BUT WOULD LIE LIFELESS ON EARTH 'S LAP.
- -SUNDARAM CHANDRAKALAADHAR
16, NOVEMBER,2014. SUNDAY.AIPPASI 30