Your poem, as always, is very beautiful. It's atmosphere conveys such sadness; its like the tress are mourning the loss too.The context has made the poem tear-jerking.
Thankyou for sharing it... Farah --- In [email protected], jane bhandari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What images of diminishment. > > I have a winter poem here for you. Similar feeling of sadness and time > running out, written while I was waiting for my father to die. > > > > THE TREES > > > > > > Here, the trees crowd closer. > > Even in the dark one feels their presence. > > In the stillest night they stir, and rustle > > With the shuffling sound of retreating feet, > > Mourners murmuring as they depart. > > > > After the first gales, leaves lie across the grass > > Like corpses, whispering death in ghostly voices, > > And the wind keens through the empty branches, > > Sharpening their edges against the bitter sky, > > Cutting it into a grey shroud for dead summer. > > > Jane Bhandari > > Farah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Time slipped out of my hands > > > > Time slipped out of my hand > > Like sand. > > Sifting out through an open fist > > And the little left upon my palm > > Was also soon gone > > As if blown away by wind. > > > > I watched with disbelieving eyes, > > This strange, bewildering performance > > As it passed the frenzied vigor of avalanche > > Then slowly pulsed down to a mere trickling line > > > > Farah Shams (1999) > > > > Age > > Time passes, > > For some slowly. > > For others_ running. > > > > But in the end > > All are same. > > The bodies once young > > As strong young trees > > With tough branches, > > Sturdy roots > > Are reduced to mere skeletons > > With bare thin limbs > > And only a trickle of life > > Flowing in the trunk > > > > And then_ they're lonely. > > With memories like gusts of wind > > Blowing, echoing, rumbling > > Through their bodies. > > Forcing the stiff branches to creak > > The hollow, empty body to groan > > Till the nearly dead roots > > Can no longer stand this onslaught > > And then, they too uproot. > > > > Farah Shams (1999) > > > > > > Tree Tops > > I watched the rising trees soar up, so up > > Till I had to lie on ground > > So I wouldn't fall when I looked up > > And how I wished that I could too > > Soar up, so up > > Until those down below > > Will have to lie down too. > > But I was no tree, no plant with roots, > > A plain mortal I was_ but yes_ I could! > > I had two arms and legs that walked > > So I climbed to the top > > When atop the highest tree I stood > > And looked below to my beginnings > > I realized with sudden clarity > > The wisdom of me being not a tree_ > > Then some one too with arms and legs > > Would one day climb, and stand on me! > > > > Farah Shams (2000) > > > > > > > > > -- > You are encouraged to post poetry, respond critically to the poems circulated > and participate in discussions. 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