Parallel Lines Poem by Sachidananda Panda

When time frightens you
Think of the green orchard
Look in the mirror to say
Neither the stars have lost the glitter
The cloud's wishes to chill
A heart broken by misfortune
Can't be assuaged by Only a dream

Tell the nightingale to sing again
Lullabies of yesteryear
Close your eyes to feel the pulse
The intimate Rhymes between
the sky and the earth.
Soaked deep in the torrential rain

Thorns were there then
They shall remain so
one needs bones of steel
to win a battle
a gush of fresh air to blooms
Who said the desert is happy sans a rain?
The oceans don't wish to be dry?
It's another matter perhaps
They did choose the other way
The path of never-ending suffocation
Longing for each other …
As Two Parallel Lines…

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