(Photo by Landon Martin )
Straight he stands
On the left of the street.
Everyone who passes,
them loving he greets.
I have never seen his light
from post any near.
I have viewed him from far
I have felt him up here.
He seems to me sometimes
a close familiar star;
or a ripe golden fruit
hanging up an iron bar.
I have shyly observed
in unchanging place he lives,
brightly darkened by night
in those crude clusters of leaves.
I have seen pictures forming
by colours of his light.
I have read the words here,
which the winds wish fully write.
I steal looks of him
one now and one then.
Those make me feel wise very-
deeds insanely insane!
He does sometimes darken,
my delicate sight;
he can even do hurt
by strong concentrated light.
He never looks away.
He just stares at me.
Even when I am negligible,
He’s fixated on me!
Day arrives and
I forget him again.
Day: brings enough of stress
more than enough of strain.
At times I avoid him
I neglect him altogether.
I haven’t any time,
Even to pretend being together.
He still gazes
from that unmoving place
Sometimes it’s hard to avoid
that kind and loving gaze.
I never give him much thought.
There are things other to think.
There are seeds and fruits;
and deeds to weave in link.
He is never forgotten
also never remembered.
He is like my heart’s voice-
Unheard and unnumbered.
But in deary dark nights,
when among disasters I am locked,
My body grows restless
And my breath begins to choke-
I crawl upto the window
to suck in comforting air,
I find always that familiar light;
Gazing: all carring, bright and fair!
–Pearl
(Pallavi D. Patel)
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12 comments
Nice poem πππ€π
Thanks Tejash.π
Gracefully presented. Loved it..!! π
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Excellently portrayed the scene and the scenario..
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I love the object you used for your poem…i never gave thought of lamp post can be written in such a way.Really,i loved it so muchβ€β€
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Awesome
Thanks Mihir!π