Poem – I REMEMBER YOU
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I REMEMBER YOU
When I see a rainbow in sky,
When I see a chirpy bird fly,
When I see a damsel shy,
Sweetheart, I remember you.
When I munch tasty French fry,
When I hear a small baby cry,
When I see autumn leaves dry,
Sweetheart, I remember you.
When I eat sweet apple pie,
When I fumble with my necktie,
When tossing sleepless on bed I lie,
Sweetheart, I remember you.
When frustrations make me sigh,
When goals are far not so nigh,
When I lack courage to soar high,
Sweetheart, I remember you.
When life’s conundrum, I can’t pry
When I cannot live, much as I try,
When unto my karma, I say fie,
Sweetheart, I remember you.
JOURNEY OF AN AUTUMN LEAF
Scorching is the sun
And dry is the win’
I am left the last one
Of my kith and kin.
I’m born a green speck
On my mother bough
I am not to bedeck
Like sister flowers I love.
Though born before
Sister flower is the one
Endowed from times yore
With all hues under sun.
Always provided food
To my entire family
Scorched by sun I stood
But I served affably.
None granted a favour
Nor did I ask for any
Dignity, I saw in labour
Comfort? I care tuppenny.
Scorching sun takes toll
Dries up my abode
Hanging by thread of soul
Watching spirits erode.
Parched and dry is my skin
Crackling is my voice
Nary a brother nor a kin
To prance, sing, and rejoice.
Not much time left for me
To give up and let go
Sibs on branch, I don’t see
Withered they have, Lo!
Gust of wind begins to blow
Severing my ties with nest
Plummet I to ground below
My last journey on the planet.
… Shyam Sundar Bulusu
