Saturday, 27 April 2024

The return of shepherd

 

A familiar knock on door

Breaks years of silence

The thud breaks an awake slumber

The binding fetters are stretched

They became rusty with the years

Of surrender to the choice

Only since everyone was tied

Actually there was no choice

Between forms of submission

A ruminating of the same cud

In quest of new essence eveytime

The pale that appeared to quench

Rather parched the little oasis

One mirage led to another

Till it was the edge of horizon

And the hoof was struck in grass

That sprouted often on marshlands

Struck in the slowly sinking ship

The swimmer is unable to escape

Now the knock amidst static layers

Proclaims the return of the shepherd

The one who guides the herd to barn

Amidst the jingle and trot through beaten tracks

His hark to the ears and thud with the stick

The Master who weaves symphony to crescendo

Also listens patiently the feeble silence

Of those with an unsure trot in herd

Those who awake only with His knock.

Delhi

17.54hrs

2142

27.4.24


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