Seema Jayaraman Poems

Clandestine anklets
Circus din dark thickets
Carousing - Crickets
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Still waters of a large lake
miles long sheet of mirror laid
pale moonlight waltzed with
strings of purple and gold
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Maurading toddler
Prising curved eye lashes
Dawns golden ray
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Dekho Bhaiya, Diwali hai aayi
Jholi bhar kushiyaan hai laayi
Poore bhis din chutti mere bhai
Ghere andhere me roshni hai chai
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spinning dreams I lay
dawns rude wakening ray
unspun web of dreams
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Gentle laps underwater
buzzing shadow darkened sky
heralds hovering - dragonfly
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And yet this unexplainable distance
the roar of this deafening silence
sudden chasm that widens and separates
the gnawing in my heart unexpressed
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Will you be there Sone,
When desolateness & loneliness sweeps
and my shoulders bend in defeat
lift my spirits and give some solace
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Mummy aaj chutti hai, bolo haan aaj chutti hai
Abhi tho Shanivaar aur Ravivaar, kewal do hi din
Ghar par aap sangh manaye hain
Aaj Somvaar, sapthah ka phela din, chutti ke de do na thum
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Her sweet melodious hymn
Ringing from a heavy heart
Another pathetic tune
Woefully rang about her loss
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