Alankar (Decor)-19 Poem by Indira Renganathan

What Could It Be....(On Meditation)

Petrarchan sonnet: -
a sonnet consisting of an octave with the
rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet
with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd

What could it be that hueless fenceless light
That they who oft felt in, oft felt long trance
Expressed not in words but left us for chance
What could it be that hueless fenceless light
That they who hunt backward in forward sight
Who voyage floating, formed-formless advance
Who sit haloed speak not, leave us for chance
What could it be that hueless fenceless light

Helps not to rein in closed flappings of eyes
That hueless fenceless light.. but on life's fright
Want's wish stops not, tries hardship's trials wise
Concludes but me not for it, their recluse sight
Once and for all musing just on eye's trice..
Want not to know that hueless fenceless light