Seize The Day Poem by Saroj Padhi

Seize this night in your arms, O Moon
without missing chance
and breathe the peace of your jasmine soul
into our sagging minds bereft of substance-

to deliver us from the pain of joyless living,
from the boredom of this discordant dance;
for we lie here at the edge of the day
like stray dogs on the soulless street
without time or grit for any romance!

Tired of endless marches and bundhs,
strikes, gheraos and fights for rights
we prefer to lie huddled up in our nests
without stamina to switch on the lights;

we grope here like the evening wind
searching for pores
to hide in scented flowers
when the rich try to break ice
in some posh bars;

seize the night, dear Moon
engulf us into your arms
to silence our simmering screams
before you merge into Sun beams.