A Poem For Ever Poem by anujan raja

I wrote a poem
And threw it in the fire
The fire charred it
And burned it to ashes,
And scattered it in the wind.

I wrote a poem
And floated it in the water
The current carried it
Away into the river,
And dissolved it in the ocean.

I wrote a poem
And buried it in the earth
The worms ate it up
The germs decomposed it
And it was earth again.

I wrote a poem
And kept it on my table
The wind snatched it
And lifted it up, up
Into the ionosphere.

I wrote a poem
And kept it on my table
A lightning struck it,
One moment it was there
The next, it's no more.

I wrote a poem
And kept it in my mind
It sank into the depths
The mind said
I shall keep it for ever