Pankajam Kottarath Poems

Sunrays dying away
she sits on the cane swing
hung in the long verandah
in her old, cozy house
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Most of them have accepted
pain as part of life
fighting malignant cells
that try to oust their existence.
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She searches herself in him,
he in her, only the two can join.
Thoughts on wings, words mute.
Hearts swing, oneness they feel.
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The child licks its fingers,
the plate in front of it, clean
no trace of food in it,
looks at her pleadingly
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A song in heart,
Born in the depth of my stomach
Waits to be formed
I rush on to pen and paper,
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The ladder I carefully held
for you to touch the summit
padding your steps with my grit.
For each step you scaled
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The courtyard is full
cluttered with sentiments,
sighs and plastic chairs.
He enters the house
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This dusk so still and chill
I sit at the doorway
Thoughts triggered
I sink to myself
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War is the boss at my shoulder
we being best friends
though not an impartial judge
who does not play any games
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The white rose in the painted mud pot
in the front porch
first bud of it in half bloom
smiles pleasantly, infant-like;
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