Becoming A Statue Poem by Sanoji Perera

Becoming A Statue



Once I thought
To become a 'Wordsworth
I expressed my feelings
They said 'How dull they are'

Then I thought
To become a 'Einstein'
I did experiments
They said 'Useless'

I will then be a 'Nightingale'
I did my best for them
When they got well
They said 'What an unkind face'

I wept and wept
I thought to become a….'what'
They showed me the 'Heaven'
I chose the way

My mind is in slumber now
I am as still as a statue
They come in the darkness
And say 'How pretty you are..! '

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Veeraiyah Subbulakshmi 03 August 2012

so true, so sad and what world want from the human! sad thought well expressed!

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