Me The River- Broken Chains Poem by Suresh Kumar EK

The Meso bamboo on my shore
Told me the lessons of survival.
Remaining just above the ground,
For five long years and then,
Shooting up two feets everyday,
To become the highest greenery,
Was gathering resources to grow
Althrough the years of stagnation.

I regained my vigour and vitality,
Gathered tremendous energy forward,
It was unexpected and uncontrollable
It was not channelised, nor blocked.


I was not ready to be chained between
Those narrow lattitudes and longitudes
The earth was calling me to conquer
She told me softly in a passionate tone,
To explore her, enjoy the blissful flow,
She was waiting for me long, unexplored,
made all the way to my powered rapid joys.