An Impossible Retake Poem by Sivaprasad Parackal

An Impossible Retake

Boasted the man of his knowledge and practical wisdom
And let the brain overhaul the heart
Paid he the price for his pragmatic theories
As he failed to recognise the neighbouring pearl

Had met the now intimate one in infancy on the threshold of tragedy
But innocence had failed to see innocence
Years been gone nullifying his divine innocence
Rich had he become in occidental language but poor in knowing the noble ones

Met the lost soul again on its quest for knowledge
He wore a mask of discipline, seriousness and rudeness
Now, sitting in the arm chair ruminating the past he sighs over the meaninglessness of his clownishness
And realises he had failed to own the pearl

Excuses he had many but none to convince even himself
Frost been his master and knows a coming back is beyond reality
Yet he hopes the impossible to happen
Tomb is the final place of his hopes which the pearl may observe with awe.