{"id":2156,"date":"2013-07-03T01:47:26","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T01:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/?page_id=2156"},"modified":"2013-07-03T23:07:02","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T23:07:02","slug":"anshu-choudry-july-2013","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/archives\/anshu-choudry-july-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Anshu Choudry, July 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TO BE LEFT ALONE WITH THE MIND<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is no death, dead by eternity<\/p>\n<p>Living inside the mortal frame immortal<\/p>\n<p>Puissant fingers skip letters to run with words<\/p>\n<p>Spluttering all around; Races break into dances<\/p>\n<p>These legs with wings and fins defying gravity<\/p>\n<p>Or the currents with electricity playing around<\/p>\n<p>The weightless arms, reach the sun unlike Icarus<\/p>\n<p>Sisyphus\u2019 relieved of the rewards of achievement<\/p>\n<p>Soars with his rocks; No crowds are seen to pull down<\/p>\n<p>And stab the Ceaser indulgent with Cleopatra<\/p>\n<p>Depravity deified to ingenuous thought<\/p>\n<p>Creates another planet of Life<\/p>\n<p>Reclusion the new moon orbiting around<\/p>\n<p>Shines without the fear of days or the month\u2019s anonymity<\/p>\n<p>Famous, all too famous the jactitations of the dark<\/p>\n<p>Spill over and vaporize<\/p>\n<p>Uneven breathings calm; claiming all poisons are pure\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0THE OMNIFICENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In my lopsided heart tilting to the left<\/p>\n<p>The bells cannot chime<\/p>\n<p>Sounds are ruffled, confused<\/p>\n<p>Echoes masquerade as if escaping from the past<\/p>\n<p>Pumping with dilated force the life in rhythms<\/p>\n<p>Irregular; the beats dwell in disharmony<\/p>\n<p>All vibrations must conform, confirms the doctor<\/p>\n<p>Not the creator<\/p>\n<p>His stethoscope studies the work happening under my rib-cage<\/p>\n<p>Beautifully plastered with even skin<\/p>\n<p>And fails<\/p>\n<p>He does not understand that there are<\/p>\n<p>Bells in my heart that also dance<\/p>\n<p>Bend and rise up or go down<\/p>\n<p>Whirl about and swing like a pendulum<\/p>\n<p>Take steps to and fro, back and forth<\/p>\n<p>From the past to leap into the future<\/p>\n<p>He has not noticed the dawdle or<\/p>\n<p>Swagger when drunk on present<\/p>\n<p>The race against the past<\/p>\n<p>For the unreachable future<\/p>\n<p>He cannot foresee that the bells<\/p>\n<p>Change positions too often<\/p>\n<p>Or imagine that there may be<\/p>\n<p>An abandoned temple covered by moss<\/p>\n<p>And the overgrown veins stronger than<\/p>\n<p>Of Banyan trees; self-indulgence of the profligate<\/p>\n<p>Binding the bells in grips of repentance<\/p>\n<p>Such that they can chime no more<\/p>\n<p>If it were a ship swimming in my seas<\/p>\n<p>Distant beyond the horizon where sounds<\/p>\n<p>Cannot reach him, he will miss<\/p>\n<p>The SOS under the noise of storms<\/p>\n<p>He will not gather that the bells are sinking<\/p>\n<p>The eternal calm of my bells gives him the<\/p>\n<p>Hope that peace is what prevails after the war<\/p>\n<p>His degrees on bits of paper cannot reach<\/p>\n<p>Where I am meeting God, when the bells toll last.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Anshu Choudhry is a Master\u2019s Degree holder in Mathematics and English and employed as an Officer with the Government of India . 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