Friday, January 5, 2018

Quietude!

Quite often hear we, calm and quiet,

Silence and peace and rest and sleep.

 But nowhere, we see any of these,

 But witness in fact, a hell very large,
 Of hustle and bustle and unrest and clash

 And sure, a race hurried for cash.

 

Tired we are of blast and blare,

Smoke and fumes and dust and dirt.

Around us we observe when,

One thing we can recognize;

Silence travels sure to distance

From the homes of homo-sapiens.

 

Seem they busy, they become engaged,

Occupied they act with freedom zero.

Moms of children on heels and wheels

Have to skip from kitchen to office

And pops go away from tiny kids

Far on tour from time to time.

 

Having time seldom to converse,

The dear and near part with people.

Shrink visits, triumph mobiles,

Spoiling the warmth of kinship, 

Pomp and pretence dance and dwell

 Here, with the pleasure of a high degree.


Faith and trust and all such values

Have fled the globe in the vast fuss.

Ah! Yes, go to the huts in villages

They stay there with hitches nil.

Fondling follows frowning there

And that too with a touch of quietude.

12 comments:

  1. What beautiful and interesting poetry my friend!

    How nicely you painted the world's restlessness and being LOST in worldly ventures and forgetting to live by soul at peace .

    Balance is most beautiful thing to sustain the composition of mental, physical and spiritual health. And to make this place long lasting and peaceful place

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  2. It is overwhelming to be a part of the chaos in the world, but nature showers on peace that go unnoticed. It may be the sunrise or the sun set, it may be the rain drops falling on the earth or the silent snow fall. The more we notice the less the impact of the chaos. Beautifully coined full of emotions.

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    1. Man spoils even Nature's calm.Thank you,Padmaja.

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  3. Agree with you 100%. It is a rat race.

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  4. pageantry and pretense - nice combo of words explaining so much

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