You are the tree
enormous
robust green,
strong and confident
flourishing against
odds of life
Your wings cover
an immense breadth
of space,
And all of me...
your persona
all engrossing,
magnificent

And I...
your subtle shadow
of no such significance
dwell beneath,
enchained...
while you always
stand your ground,
I am tossed around
while you stay faithful
to your roots
I am in search of
genesis, my whereabouts

And I...
under your brilliance,
feel less than
what I am meant to be
This triviality too colossal
to contain
An ominous vestige,
I am taken for granted
walked all over, then ignored
This pain is too intense
to retain
This agony is mine alone
to disown

And I...
wish, you were
the shadow for a day
and I, the tree...
Own the pathos of my life
and feel the chains
of an enslaving bondage
get savvy of co-existence
And understand
how truly incomplete
a tree is, without
its true-blue shade  

January 8, 2006

The Week of January 8, 2006    
A Pleasant Evening by T.A. Ramesh   
A Stranger on Earth by Sasha Damien 
Bird's Way by Parthap Ratim Banerjee   
Bondage by Vasanta Athilat
Budding Affair by Jayati Gupta   
Dead by Annu Chopra  
Gifts from the Creator by William C. Gladish 
Leaps by R. Purushothamarao 
Love Never Dies by T.A. Ramesh 
Me, You, Time by Wangdi Gyalpo 
Nostalgia by Vasanta Athilat
Proof Stands by Jayati Gupta 
Sometimes by Sasha Damien 
Tender Lass by Neha Jain  
The Ballad of an Old Man in his Sixties by Dr. Ram Mehta
The Loser by Kumud Biswas 
To My Love... by Aparna Chatterjee 
Tomorrow and I by Vasanta Athilat

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