Ruta Mohapatra

It so happens sometimes
That love dies
No matter how hard one tries
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I am a little springlet
That has fallen
Into the great ocean of poetry
And has lost its identity
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The Gentle Firefly
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Things go wrong
Often enough
In this not so perfect world
While we are trying to make it
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There are truths about life
Bitter and unpalatable
That need to be accepted
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There is this essence
At the core of life
After peeling, crushing,
Filtering, distilling,
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The elusive winter sun finally breaks
Through the misty leaves
Moving steadily and slowly
Finally touching her feet
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Some words send a chill
Down everyone's spine,
No matter how strong one is!
No matter how positive one is!
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Your complex thoughts on complex issues
Can't they be expressed in simple lines?

Like water which one can drink
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Well, she has seen everything now
All the whites and all the blacks
And all the colours in between
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A voice has fallen silent,
A voice that echoed for ages
In the gullies and valleys of India!
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The waves tell the story of the universe
In sync with the universe, they dance
Rise and fall, rise and fall
Life and death, death and life
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It is a red rose plant said the shopkeeper
Handing me a pot with a little sapling
It came and occupied a corner of my balcony
Within a circle of sunlight in the morning
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Into the world of poetry, she delved,
Sometimes reading, sometimes writing;
It was cathartic,
Helping ease her pain.
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Oh gently passing night
Can't you lull me to sleep?
How long can I keep
Counting the sheep?
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Before starting on her new journey
She turned and looked back
Her house stood silhouetted
Against a cobalt blue sky
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I don't know why…she wondered
As she sat on a low-hanging branch
With the squirrels playing overhead
…there is such a sense of closure
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The grey in the hair, the wrinkles under the eyes,
Life taught a lot of things by and by

Wait, wait always for the mist to clear
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The Sun lifted its head
From the ocean
Its rays shimmering
Over the blue water
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It was a different world
A world of long long ago
Full of innocence, love and trust
Before the mist rose and covered it
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