The Countdown-7 Poem by Smrui Ranjan Mohanty

THE COUNTDOWN-7

What befalls the planets
Revolving around the sun
When the sun silently withers?
What happens
To life and relationship
When the pivot around which
They revolve suddenly vanishes

How will be the universe
When the gravitational pull
That sustains, binds one with the other,
Remains no more?
Will it collapse
Or a new force will emerge to
Keep things as before?

What about the periphery
When the centre to which
They look forward to
Ceases to exist?
Will someone emerge as the leader
And they will find their new centre
Or allow memories of the past to linger?

Love and longing
Will be on the crucible.
Intensity of relationship
Will be at crossroads and
Humanity upon a cross of gold
Time will say
Who is what and
History will testify
Whether you were right,
Or erred yesteryear
In grooming the future?

Smruti Ranjan Mohanty©
India
7.11.2022
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