A Saturday In A Poet’s Life Poem by Abhay Vignesh Liginlal

Only once in life will I have such memories
Friends with 14 days & trips to fairytales
Scattered as they are now in this prison, the world
Far from memories which linger in this poet’s heart
We made love out of fun & played the role of brothers

As days flew bonds strengthened
For my brothers were all good at heart
I played the dumb role of a jester
While it gave me time to be a viewer
Now when I sit on my rocking chair
They all are moving ahead in life
Busy with the hustle & bustle
Of earning bread in style

The same music we heard then
Fragment of the same sky we saw then
Fragrance of the same rose, jasmine& lily
They all are brothers & sisters
To those phantoms of yesterday
Let me love you O world in return
Curse fate when you are tormented
Fruits of the gamble of time & fate
Are for you O world
Do you not see the joy hidden
Only once in life will that happen
Though reflections in between Thursday & Friday
Become infinite through those mirrors
Call it reflection when read today
Excursion was before my tomorrow then.