A PLEA
I have a plea to make before I go,
Do live in peace throughout your very life;
If ever there had been a heart to hurt,
A smile inspires sweetness, and not strife.
**
A DOOR
“You mean to kill me!” said the anguished liar
Who chooses to deceive, he, like a door;
It opens and it closes with the wind,
And not by conscious effort anymore.
**
O BEAUTIFUL
O beautiful, you spend your time at school,
And study things most difficult to heed;
But if you studied the great art of love
Then you would dance to my heart-beat indeed.
**
BLAME
I wish I could close all the doors of blame
And stand out on the road with sunset near;
And say to you, “Without your eyes, I would
Not be the same- no life without you, dear.”
**
ALL FOR THE LEADER
The neighbours fight because their leader does
Lack prudence, dignity, and conscience too;
He let the children who had nothing taste
Resentment, and to live in hell, it’s true!
**
WASTE OF TIME
What is this waste of time that we must know?
We walk like ghosts in streets, for heaven’s sake,
And when we go to bed we hardly sleep,
And when we sleep we find it hard to wake.
**
BE FAITHFUL
Be faithful and let truth be your one guide,
You, who have nurtured truth to full extent;
And do not lend your ears then to vain talk,
To heed the mischief which your foes have meant.
**
THE SOURCE OF POETRY
I am scared that my source of poetry
May dry up, then of course I’d deeply grieve;
If this should happen, my heart would farewell
All; in death my bed and pillow I’d leave.
**
THINK NOT
Think not you are free in this land and all
Your rights protected by society;
We’re people who don’t let the body smirch
Our dignity with sheer frivolity.
**
I HAVE FORGIVEN YOU
I have forgiven you since you have asked,
And so the sighs were calmed within your breast;
You had betrayed, so what? Such nature’s way,
Like light of day betrayed by night at best.
**
I have a plea to make before I go,
Do live in peace throughout your very life;
If ever there had been a heart to hurt,
A smile inspires sweetness, and not strife.
**
A DOOR
“You mean to kill me!” said the anguished liar
Who chooses to deceive, he, like a door;
It opens and it closes with the wind,
And not by conscious effort anymore.
**
O BEAUTIFUL
O beautiful, you spend your time at school,
And study things most difficult to heed;
But if you studied the great art of love
Then you would dance to my heart-beat indeed.
**
BLAME
I wish I could close all the doors of blame
And stand out on the road with sunset near;
And say to you, “Without your eyes, I would
Not be the same- no life without you, dear.”
**
ALL FOR THE LEADER
The neighbours fight because their leader does
Lack prudence, dignity, and conscience too;
He let the children who had nothing taste
Resentment, and to live in hell, it’s true!
**
WASTE OF TIME
What is this waste of time that we must know?
We walk like ghosts in streets, for heaven’s sake,
And when we go to bed we hardly sleep,
And when we sleep we find it hard to wake.
**
BE FAITHFUL
Be faithful and let truth be your one guide,
You, who have nurtured truth to full extent;
And do not lend your ears then to vain talk,
To heed the mischief which your foes have meant.
**
THE SOURCE OF POETRY
I am scared that my source of poetry
May dry up, then of course I’d deeply grieve;
If this should happen, my heart would farewell
All; in death my bed and pillow I’d leave.
**
THINK NOT
Think not you are free in this land and all
Your rights protected by society;
We’re people who don’t let the body smirch
Our dignity with sheer frivolity.
**
I HAVE FORGIVEN YOU
I have forgiven you since you have asked,
And so the sighs were calmed within your breast;
You had betrayed, so what? Such nature’s way,
Like light of day betrayed by night at best.
**
