Asmabi
Your gold bangles chime against the bristle of the leaves, tender By the blooming verges of the winding river, your anklets sing. Asma did not have to race against time to scribble the words on her worn out state bank of India 2005 diary this once. She knew what was coming. Beneath the pale moonlit sky, your gentle smile shimmers Your silken drape quivers in the soft midnight breeze. Thaamasamenthe varuvaan praanasakhi ente munnil What keeps you from my side, O companion of my breath! The words were clear against the yellowing pages of the 2005 diary; unlike the last song. A broken ente swapnathin in one line, a neelathamara in the next. Perhaps the blind singer who sits by the beach will sing it another day. Or Asma will ask her to. She can fill the missing words then like an old class test. For Iqbal doctor, Asma’s race against the blind singer’s old Malayalam songs was a class test in memory. She’s been losing it. Last Monday, Iqbal doctor ...
The pain you felt shows. Keep stretching that line of empathy wider and wider. It will hurt, but it's worth hurting.
ReplyDeleteJust,superb lines. Go on
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ReplyDeleteYes.refugee crisis is the thundering typhoons of this era.to gain world peace, it should start within you.your empathy is what world should learn. Thank you jasmin for this heart touching poem.
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