Eldorado Park Poem by nimal dunuhinga

Eldorado Park

Rating: 5.0


I sit on an isolated bench beside the pond
And I write these few lines in my pocketbook.
Oh! The black swan in the pond dragged me to my boisterous school days.
We called her 'Blackbeauty'; The dark girl with a huge back.
I remember once I passed her a vulgar joke and still I repent.
'Hey! My sweetheart could I borrow your buttocks as my pillow? '
She just smiled only and her pearly teeth that I never forget and who knows where she goes?
The faraway golf links like a paradise and someone strikes the ball with the club and it flies to the infinity.
Oh! If you could do the same for me then I could have landed on my native grounds peacefully.
In the pellucid water of the pond I see my wrinkled ugly face and I realize the gravity of wreckage in the uncertain life.

* To Alison, Jerry, Sandra, Denis, Max, George and the rest of all.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Sandra Fowler 18 October 2008

I wonder if your 'Black Beauty 'remembers that boy you were long ago. Life takes so much of us, but our memories are ours forever. Thank you for including me in this dedication. Friends for as long as time willl let us be. Kind regards, Sandra

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Alison Cassidy 18 October 2008

Nimal, your Black Beauty reminds me of similar childhood remembrances. How poignantly you relate this bitter/sweet tale of lost opportunity. The delightful line 'My sweetheart, could I borrow your buttocks as my pillow? ' reminds this reader not to take the story too seriously. Thank you so much for the dedication. I am touched indeed and so is Jerry. love, Allie ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

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