Relative Poem by Prabhakar Subramaniam

As spacious as

An empty house

As crowded as

An agitated mind

As lovely as

A happy flower

As ugly as

An unhappy moon

As wide as

A city road

In the early hours

As cramped as

A journalist's notes

On the run

As generous as

A politician

With public money

As miserly as

A lover with her kisses

As real as

A wish fulfilment dream

As unreal as sudden death

As desirable as death

When the listener is the song.