The Illusion Of A Knight Poem by M D Dinesh Nair
The Illusion Of A Knight
Who will draw my battle lines from the next dawn
And who will stop the Sun from setting for tonight?
The sky had her face turned red with the blood
Of the sun who had raged a war of heat till this evening.
I dread these infinite white patches of ceiling
That has never been over my head as a sheet of shelter.
The warriors who hit me with cudgels on my head
Pierced their daggers through my flesh as well.
They are rejoicing somewhere
Wishing for a dawn to see my end...
A stranger from a distant corner cries at high pitch
He too is crying for my blood I presume!
The sun has finally set
And the shameless sky surges into a heights
That I have never seen.
But mistake not, I am not seeing now.
Across the horizon then I begin to see a flash
Of a sword drawn against by someone unknown.
The galloping of a horse I hear
And it comes to me closer and closer,
A tall man dismounts and takes me up for a while
Then he takes me unto a strange place.
He leaves me alone and vanishes for ever.
Who is he and where is horse?
With my bulged head and the scars black?
Shall I hope for an oasis in this desert?
But I hear galloping of many a horse now
I am perhaps their only prey in the world!
The horse that rides alone with that tall man
May perhaps be behind them with a stern face!
Galloping horses and stealthily flying drones are all around. There is no escape for one who wishes to live in peace. The situation is beautifully put in the poem.
A Wonderful write. Each words beautifully portrayed in sequence. How many soldiers might have fallen in trap of enemies and how brutally they might have been killed. If a person dies in a battlefield is better than brutally killed after being captivated. So cruel will be treatment. I loved the way you presented it.
In this war ridden world, it is so natural that we are deluged by illusions of this kind! People in the war torn areas always fear gun shots and drawn cudgels! The man on horse back may be perhaps a saviour! Powerful poem reflecting the turbulence of the times!
Military struggle and armed conflict between nations is a common sight nowadays rather the pride of so called civilised nations and might is right can not be an exception, so the illusion of knight will haunt the concerned ones always......Dineshji......Superb write............
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/25/2024 9:49:22 AM # 1.0.0.1119
A very well constructed poem mentioning war, cruelty, bloodshed and captivation which all man made atrocity to take away the peace and normalcy of human life. In my way I am to say.... humanity is at stake (one of my poems name) ... very nice Dinesh.