Poetry - A Message And Reply, 'Tween Two Poets... Poem by Angelina Pandian

'Scratched on air,
Scribbled on water....
Trap me in
The prison of words...
And call me ''Poem''.....
I am that.......
Poetry.....' you say.

'Spirit of the forest,
The wind and water,
Will I not be entrapped
When setting
A trap for you? ' I ask.

What words can imprison you?
Words of fire…
Words of power…
What words can hold you?
Are any strong enough?

You look at me with eyes
Of a million stars….
You burn my soul, with
A single ray of the sun
Mighty you stand alone
Yet, I find you in all….

From the primal beat of drums
Through songs sung in ancient days
Handed down by word of mouth
Your flame is burning still
Your Spirit has seen all
And surviving all stands
Still in sway, an evergreen queen….

What words can imprison you?
What words can hold you?
Oh! Ancient of Times, Muse of rhymes
Mother of all songs, sighs and poems!

Unless I sit alone and burn my Self
Long for you as Radha for Krishn
An eternal yearning, unquenched
Perform the Penance…
Of a thousand sighs!
Set a trap and a prison make
With words of Love….
How else will you come?
Make a nest in my heart
And sing a zillion songs
Of rapture from my soul!

Message and reply, between two poets...Full Version of…..
Premji and Angelina.......