A Bowler And A Poet Poem by Kishore Kumar Das

Every delivery from the bowler
equipped with spin and pace
effort and anxiety
the painstaking effort
the pace, the determination
the race, the fight
the motivation, the belief
the skill in throwing
backed by the rational zeal
to baffle the batsman
to tempt the batsman
for a hasty shot
the ultimate dream...
to take the wicket.
The poet
every delivery of word
every verse
enriched with emotion
powered from the think-tank
supercharged with wisdom
the thoughts
the feelings
the control of mind
the churning, the vision
the inspiration
the waves of euphoria destined to
dislodge the wickets of trauma
clean the cobwebs of unexplored darkness
allow the passage of light
in the mind-boggling game of
self-realisation.