Lemon Is Lime, Nor Orange Poem by Aniruddha Pathak
Lemon Is Lime, Nor Orange
Faces feign, flaunt many a mask strange,
Countless veils, copiously cunning range,
In mighty error still
Truth mirrors with a will,
Chameleons camouflage, feign a change,
One may hide behind mask—
Too tiny for the task,
But lemon can be lime, nor orange.
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Most of us often wear a mask and think that we fool others. The truth however is, we are only fooling ourselves. For, we can't feign things for long. A chameleon knows his kind. And mirrors make no mistakes, nor are in errors. Face may feign, but still all in vain.
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Reflections | 02.03.15 |
Masks are the mirrors of self delusion, some live proudly behind them others live unintentionally behind them. When someone says they are fine, that could be a mask. Yet when it comes down to lemons can never be anything else. Interesting you picked lemon, in certain areas it can also be a term associated with a defective vehicle. Though I think your using the fruit. Either ways its another thought provoking poem!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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9/18/2024 7:55:12 PM # 1.0.0.1119
A thought provoking interesting poem. Yes, we may deceive someone for a certain time but ultimately the reality will come out. I liked the analogy of lemon and oranges.
Thanks indeed, Bipasha D, frankly it came handy because it was rhyming in a limerick. Only after that I thought about their inter-connection, lemon, lime, and orange. I like the way you choose poems for comments.