Soliloquy Of A Skyscraper. Poem by Ravi Panamanna

Once I was not shadowed
I was not swallowed, not dwarfed.
I enjoyed a princely status,
Known was my name across the world.

Passing clouds greeted me,
Howling winds whizzed by.
Birds as they winged by
For a mountain peak, mistook me.

The tallest in the world,
A nation's pride, any tourist's awe,
An engineering wonder,
My days by Brooklyn I did really enjoy.

In the course of time
The wings of the city shadowed me.
I was swallowed, totally dwarfed
And my crown was finally lost.

Princely status
I no more enjoy.
'One among the tallest'
'Once upon the tallest'
I still enjoy.

But, status is always relative,
Mansions rise and finally reach the dust.
Yesterday I had shadowed a world
Today, I am but overshadowed.
Thus the cycle forever continues.....
Cradles forever follow and follow..........

23rd September 2017.