Quilt Of Dreams! Poem by Geetha Jayakumar

Quilt Of Dreams!

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Quilt Of Dreams!

Shall I sail on the crisp autumn leaves?
The spring gave me beautiful wings to fly.
Rains gave me a serpentine river to swim.
Summers cap gave me shower of sweat,
And I shall swim in the midst of the tempest,
To the serene ocean and quench my thirst.

I shall fly along the endless milky way,
As I trail along the moonlight rays,
And I shall sing deep in the woods
Where I am carefree of man or the beast.
I shall bury myself in the ground
When my breath was deep sunken down.

Shall I dance along the droplets of rain?
While it showers gently on the grass evergreen.
The quilt of dreams was warm and velvety,
While the chilled morning dews tickled my nose.

I shall bury my head on the pillow softy,
That gave me enough dreams to buy and sell.
When I count on my countless blessings,
I should have already wiped and dried my tears.

The chanting fragrance of dying roses,
Gave me reason enough to smile and beguile.
When I lay under the canopy of stars,
Twilight rays smiles and dreams hugs me tight!

© Copyright Geetha Jayakumar.


सपनो की रजाई

आज मैं पतझड़ के कुरकुरे पत्तों में उड़ रही हूँ
वसंत ने संजोये मुझे पंखों से
वर्षा में तैर रही हूँ लहराती नदी में
ग्रीष्म ने तो बौछार दी पसीने की
और मैं तूफानों से गुजरती हुई,
शांत महासागर में अपनी प्यास बुझा रही हूँ |

चाँदनी की किरणों राह दिखा रही है
और मैं परिक्रमा कर रही हूँ
अनंत आकाशगंगा की |
गुनगुना रही हूँ मैं आज घने जंगल में
न डर हैं मुझे मनुष्यों से या जानवरों से
दफना देना मुझे मिटटी में
जब डूब जाएँगी मेरी सांसें कहीं |

बारिश की बूंदें नृत्य कर रही है जमीन पर
नन्हे घास भी झूम रहे हैं उसके आगमन पर
सपनो की रजाई तो गर्म और मख़मली थी,
जबकि सुबह की ठंडी शबनम ने मेरी नाक में चुटकी लगयी |

रखती हूँ सिर, मैं अपने मुलायम तकिये पर
जिसने मुझे कई सपने दिखाए|
जब मैं अपने अनगिनत आशीर्वादों को गिनती हूँ
तब मुझे मेरे आसूं कब के सूखे हुए नज़र आये |

अस्त हुए गुलाबों के जप की खुशबू,
मुझे आज भी मोहित करती है |
जब मैं तारों की चंदवा को देखती हूँ
गोधूलि किरणें मुस्कुराती है
और सपने मुझे कसकर गले लगाती है!

© Copyright Geetha Jayakumar.

Thursday, December 28, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: blessings
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
The poem in Hindi is slight different from English.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Ajay Amitabh Suman 06 January 2018

ITS A NICE POEM. I ENJOYED READING IT.

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Khairul Ahsan 11 March 2020

Dreams are often woven like an embroidered quilt, with imaginations drawing the pattern. A nice poem to read, and think about.

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Susan Williams 21 June 2018

This is GORGEOUS... I keep reading and rereading and it's like watching a quilt being worked with threads of different colors and shimmering images emerging from the hand of the artist. Geetha, you amaze us all with poems like this, amaze and stun and hypnotize! ! ! A thousand 10s and onto my fav list

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Geetha Jayakumar 24 June 2018

Thanks a lot dear Susan. I am thrilled by your kind words.

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Muzahidul Reza 09 March 2018

Quilt of dreams is soft, pleasant, full of blessings and unlimited, wonderfully penned, thanks for sharing the poem with us

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Akhtar Jawad 16 January 2018

I have changed the title of my poem as Live In Your Dreams as I have already a poem withe title I Love You Too.

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Akhtar Jawad 16 January 2018

This beautiful poem of Geetha Jayakumar inspired me to write this poem, just in a couple of minutes, that shows how nicely Geetha writes. Read my poem at PH I Love You Too

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