§ Footprints § Poem by VIPINS PUTHOORAN
§ Footprints §
Once I searched for salvation
With my blind mind and sinful heart
Through the breast of a secluded land
But salvation was smiling,
As my wickedness was myriad
Because this kaleidoscopic world often conquer us
With its multifaceted desires.
I fell down in a swire between sin and life,
I lost the chastity of heart and the virginity of soul
And I became broken and sectile.
None knew my lamentation there
None knew where I would be.
The voracious mouth of sin engulfs us,
When we wish for a cherubic heart
We always want to see an azure sky;
But we never see the blue sky of life
When it's already been there for us
One must not follow others footprints
Though it may be their ups only;
Their ups and downs have no effect in our life.
You try to put your best foot forward at all times
You try to learn from the life in front of you.
These footprints are never to be followed,
Which I left here in the abyss of sin
If you follow my footprints,
You'll reach in a nadir like me
Where we cannot open our mouth
As we're enchained here,
Among the blood sucking vermins
Of a sulphurous hell.
When we lived in a world of freedom
When we lived in our own ways
We'd never thought of a monstrous hell
Where we would be chained and tortured.
Myriapods will crawl through your nostrils
And no one will hear your growl.
Myrmidons of the hell would beat you,
With the edge of sledge hammer in your head
For the grudge once you had showed
To the downtrodden people of earth.
Your flexible body will melt in a crucible.
The demons would fill the embers in your mouth
For you'd never fed a pauper in your life
The evil will whip on your back with an anchor
Where you cannot fight with them alone
Or we cannot fight with them together.....
Oh! that would be a frightful sight
That you've no life or death in hell
That you've no life or death in hell
O my brethren! open your eyes
Foresee the right path before you
Try to put your best foot forward
Without following others footprints.
Yon! You have won my heart with ethereal poetic lines like these. I feel that you have done the same to many others like me. Tut! Modern men sold his heart and soul for technology and evil in the world of plastic smiles............ 'Where I lost my chastity of heart and virginity of soul. And now my heart is broken and sectile. I wished for a cherubic heart once. But the voracious mouth of sin engulfed me.' Slowly but certainly my heart is drifting towards the creator of this poem. If i have to grade this poem I give A1 grade to the poem. Dear Vipins, keep sharing and enlightening us with poems like these.........................................
I won't argue with a man who seems to know what he is talking about...What a marvelous poem, describing your own hellish experience with such vividness. But, if you look around, you will see the footprints of those who have travelled the same road before...
Well, after THAT i definitely cleaning out my act, no more.... but seriously the language is brilliant, the message awakening.... Excellente
IT IS A NICE THOUGHT THAT YOU ACKNOLEDGE YOUR SINS AND NOT LET OTHERS FOLLOW YOUR FOOTSTEPS NICE POEM -GIVING OTHERS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
But, let us move with better steps in the future. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful poem. The last two lines tell the whole of poem....Loved reading it.
The moment you realize that you are a sinner and feel repentance over it, you are a redeemed person and no need for further condemnation! Vipins, this is undoubtedly a wonderful poem!
Vipins, so profound thought you injected here.Loved the wordings and the rich imagery.
THE POEM CALM MY MIND AND GIVES A PLEASURE TO MY SOUL…………………………………. THIS IS REALLY GREAT, YOU R TOO MUCH TALENTED, THE WAY YOU PENNED THE POEM IS REALLY PRAISE WORTHY, WELL WORDED, A WELL CRAFTED POEM INDEED, I LIKE THE POEM AS YOU LIKE IT. PLEASE READ MY POEM, I WANT TO DIE’’
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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12/5/2025 1:39:06 AM # 1.0.0
Simply Marvelous............ your poems offer great depth.... i bow to you! !