Homen Thangjam Poems

Heard a sound in the distance
Enchanted by its sweetness
Vibrated my heart
Trembled my soul
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Been long since I read your poems
Afraid to be smitten by the lines of reality
And the cringing silence that would wrap me up
Deporting me to a world of enmeshed misery.
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Today, I stand here upon you
On the dust of my ancient forefathers
Inhaling the aroma of the yore
Dancing with faceless ghosts
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I hide behind simple things so you'll find me
if you don't find me, you'll find the things,
you'll touch what my hand has touched,
our hand-prints will merge.
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I

The morning looks calm
See sparkling dewdrops lazily sitting on the grasses
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I have wanted to write a song
And you to give the tune
So that we’d sing together.
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Hard to forget a soulful image
Contours of a body
Intimate sounds of moaning and ecstasy
Lies of promises
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Often heard about them
In drunken schmooses
From “committed” activists
Drivers, doctors, engineers, lawyers
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In a land not so far away…
Err, well, in my land of birth
Where nine hills form a levee around a valley
Every morning rulers have
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Won’t you agree with me, If I
Say we’re living in hard times
Sorrow as the centre, just like the
Sun in the centre, with the
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