A Tale Of Sunken Silence Poem by Ravi Panamanna

A Tale Of Sunken Silence

Rating: 5.0


From inn to inn, for long years
It was a gathering wind.
From morn’ to morn’, for endless decades
It was toil beyond all tales.

A mother and a son-
They belonged to these winds,
They were for a long time a common sight
Doing errands in the neighbourhood,
Buying their commonplace dreams.

Theirs, a simple existence,
Theirs, a life within leaps and bounds.
Beyond their thached roof
It was all an open sky,
Their songs, but a deepening sigh.

Seasons ever told the same tale,
The meads received the same passing wind.
The same birds returned every season
And the world was peaceful within the bosom.

And when the streams were flowing quiet,
The dales whispering unto soft winds,
The son, leaving his mother to tears
Passed away after a brief illness.

She swallowed her pains,
Sold her dreams to the passing wind.
A withered frame,
She was a tree, hollow deep within.

And upon a temple pavement
I saw her once among the passing crowd;
She was in sunken dreams.
Beyond the voices of the surrounding world,
She was meeting her shadow with an indifferent air,
She was listening to the silence of her heart.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM

wonderful......... in every way.

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Eyan Desir 06 September 2009

Good write......................................

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Varanasi Ramabrahmam 06 September 2009

A poem full of pure poetry.

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Lady Grace 06 September 2009

pains? ....this is nice.. how can i put my words to fit my admiration in this poem? how can i tell you that i like this very much? .. how can i say my appreciation in a nice way? .. i will rather say it this way....ur a wonderful man dear..

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Samanyan Lakshminarayanan 06 September 2009

lovely sir...the story and nature go hand in hand...very touching and poetic write

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Catrina Heart 15 September 2009

you always pen in softness and lovely images..a tale of your ink and leaf is great!

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Meggie Gultiano 10 September 2009

This is a excellent write.Love it

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Meggie Gultiano 10 September 2009

This is a excellent write.Love it

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Aldo Kraas 07 September 2009

The poem is not bad at all

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Shalini Sundararamalingam 07 September 2009

a beautiful poem about people who live simple life with great dreams, fine rhyming and excellent flow.

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Ravi Panamanna

Ravi Panamanna

Ottapalam- Kerala State- India
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