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Monday, April 20, 2020

Quietude

Credit: Ratna Pochiraju 


Surrounded by the palest of blues
Or was it the result of a divine conjoinment
Tinged with the serene aura
Of the man who sat in the middle of it

With hair knotted into a top bun
An old shawl draped around
The shoulders in relaxed grace
The man stayed deep in meditation

Was this peace, the breeze wondered
Was this acceptance, the waves pondered
Was this life, the sky mused
As they awaited, inquisitive for an answer

Years blended into decades
The world raced ahead, trying to take over time
While Nature took a long break
And melted into the man
Who remained among them or time immemorial

Was there anything as soothing
When even Mother Nature bowed
To the tranquility in the man
That one could rarely achieve

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26 comments:

  1. I liked the middle paragraph more! Beautiful! :-)

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  2. 'Quietude' just loved it! Reading and pondering over your serene posts gives me similar feeling of meditating at times! Blissful!

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    1. Thank you so much, Jyoti. It makes me so happy to know that. <3

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  3. Peaceful is how I feel after reading your poetry today.
    Thank you.

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    1. Thank you so much, Arti. Really happy to know that. <3

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  4. The title so well embedded in your poem. A certain serenity and passivity about your words.

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  5. This is one of my favorite poems of your series. Engrossing, and serene. Beautiful Srivalli.

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  6. Beautiful. And the title goes so well with how you feel once you have finished reading the poem.

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  7. Was it easy for the man / sage to achieve it? Did it come naturally to him? Can we have a fraction of that tranquility or just borrow from him, I wonder.

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    1. I don't think it was easy but some men/ women sure can achieve it. I so wish we could have some of it. <3

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  8. Lovely..sp loved the line...melted into the man..aah for such tranquility!

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  9. Wow blessed must be those who have this much peace and tranquility within them... That even the nature and Earth bow one day to such an enigma!! Lovely poem... I wish I could have even 1% of that power of peace within..

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  10. Great piece of work. Stopping by for A-Z and happy I found you.

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