Etches And Sketches Poem by Gita Ashok

Etches and sketches
created on our mind’s canvas
by our infinite stream of thoughts
in deep sleep and in waking hours.

Well-defined and bold lines and patterns,
random and distorted asymmetrical forms,
insignificant, dubious doodles –
delible and indelible etches and sketches.

Some dark, distinct and deep-rooted;
some light, hazy and superficial.
Some in stark contrast of black and white;
some etched and sketched in brilliant hues.

Portraying goodness and cheer, deceit and fear,
etches and sketches on our mind’s canvas –
they reflect an array –
of emotions as varying as the night and day.

Etches and sketches on our mind’s canvas
offer a way of exhibiting our true disposition.
Some evanescent with the passing of time;
some eternal – lasting an entire life-time.

Let’s train our thoughts to create
ever-lasting etches and sketches
of pristine, snow-capped hills
and serenading cascades.
Let’s train our thoughts to erase
those of the evil and dark caverns
and the treacherous rapids.


22 June 2010
9: 45 am