Saturday, 28 July 2012

Dejection and junction

(From my poetry collection 'The Nameless Avenue') 

Ahead lies the junction
I rest a while on the stone slab laid
for a way-farer’s head-load;
it’s an entangled route of
withering woods  and  faltering brooks.

I thought the terminus was nearer;
but the road made it a mess.
the reaching evening accumulates
the tedium of the journey.

I know I’m not lost;
for Velako always assures, ahead lies
a junction to ask for direction,
with someone waiting to lead.

evening breeze grazing over
this dead wood refreshes me.
Stars will light my way;
guide along, on the bay.

Faith implants a stone slab
as the junction lies ahead;
and lend a long rope to
hold until stars awake.

The rain -starved Velako
train you to keep up guts
with its silent message of
dejection and junction
 Vaiyavan

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