SREEJITH KULAPARAMBIL

Oh! Lord!
King of Kings!
You were the most powerful emperor
I had ever seen
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On a rainy night
When I was utterly dismayed with life
Walking through the dark drenched street,
I saw an innocent child
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A miniscule sperm I was,
When I entered the womb
Ran fleetly beating my counterparts
Searching the land of pleasance for solace
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Every night you come in my dream
Flowing through my mind and body like a rampant stream
I thirstily wait for your presence
Like the droughty land waits,
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My impuissance always haunted me like a nightmare,
I always stood alone even in a busy fair
My thoughts ghosted me like a vulture looking for its prey,
Even my spirit was bemused when indulged with life in a woozy fray
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It's just a matter of time
One day I will be there,
On deathbed,
Lying bare and helpless
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Saint, I proclaimed myself!
Until I saw her on that moonlit night,
My celibacy withered with the very thought of her sight,
The spirits were swinging like a swaying tree, out of gust,
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Little lily in the pond
Spake to the sun with a taunt
“Your heat is blemishing my beauty”
Sun said, “O Dear! to render heat is my duty”
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Down my memory lane,
I could hear the whispers of my heart's silent pain.
The agony of losing a sincere friend,
Even the words fail to explicate, how painful it really meant!
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Subtle footsteps of a cold and insensate guest,
I heard it in my chest
Like a rustling noise of dry leaves in autumn
Treading whispers murmured in my auricles like a phantom
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In the twilight of my life, I saw a fluttering light
Heaved a sigh of hope, it enthralled my sight
There was a stranger passer-by
She stood with me near-by
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Dreams,
Streams of dreams,
About it, I wrote reams and reams
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Camouflaged, by
pseudo colours of Virtue,
Evil rise in distinct forms,
shining resplendently
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On the sea shore at twilight,
Sun was sinking at horizon with crimson light
The carmine colour spread across the sky,
Roaring sea rose blatantly high
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“Oh! Lord, The mightiest!
I have not seen you ever,
Through my naked eyes
Nor, I have ever perceived you
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My heart was weeping, but my lips were grinning
The ironies of life always made me a great thespian
The joyous moments are just an illusion,
The drama of pleasure and pain exists with evolution.
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When the thoughts wander to search for you
I simply close my eyes
The string of thoughts ceases to exist
And I see you live and bright!
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Life is a puzzle with innumerable hassles
Mortals are dim-witted puppets in life’s castle
It pulls a string and watches the play
Agony may follow merry and gay,
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Love is a season without a reason
It changes your humour without a lesson
Love is like a fragrance which spread from incenses
It mesmerizes the soul and the senses
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Life’s hassles are puzzles for the mortals
Each comes in a platter of chance
One has to be an astute gambler
For opportunity ripe to success only for them
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