Peace, Be Not Proud Poem by Dr. Tulsi Hanumanthu
Peace, Be Not Proud
Peace, Be Not Proud (A Reverse Davidian)
Evasive Peace, be not proud
That world's entire wealth can't purchase you.
Perhaps you'll not be bought for silver, gold,
Saphires, rubies, pearls and diamonds too.
But dare you say, for LOVE you won't be sold?
Evasive Peace, be not proud
That high you dwell, atop a towering tor!
Like Bruce's spider, ceaselessly we will
Try to heave ourselves right up to your door
By scaling, inch by inch, your craggy hill!
Evasive Peace, be not proud
That none can see or hear you; so no clue
We have to track you down. But we can feel
Your presence versus present absence too:
Suffices this, your hide-out to reveal!
Evasive Peace, be not proud
That you, At'lanta-like, can keep mocking
Your chasers all for whom you're much too fast!
Like shrewd Hippom'nese, your pathway blocking
With 'golden apples', win we shall, at last!
An inspiring poem handing out to us the message that sincere and ceaseless toil for attaining our aims, whatever they be, will one day bear fruit.
The iron-clad framework of this 'fixed form' poem has not interfered with the fertility of your imagination nor with your all-round poetic talent in any way. Well done!
If I say this poem is 'MARVELLOUS' it would perhaps be a euphamism.
A good effort to remind us of what we need to do to establish peace. I like this line, “But dare you say, for LOVE you won't be sold? ”
If each one of us were like 'Bruce's spider' PEACE may pity us and allow us a closer view of it.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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10/9/2024 3:59:19 AM # 1.0.0
Very well penned. Only Love, coupled with patient toil, like that of 'King Bruce's spider' can make make our chase of Peace faster and one day it may well be caught! Let us hope so!