How blank the mind
Neither thought nor word penetrating enough
To break through the barriers of darkness,
Like the bleakness of a starless night,
 
Dull, prosaic,
How un-poetic,
How unlike me.
What ails me today
 
Why so barren the heart?
Like the shore without a sea
And the forest without trees,
O, how lifeless is life without a vibrant mind
 
And, a vibrant breeze.
No clouds drifting by
The air stiflingly still,
 
Quiet descended from heaven,
An unwanted silence,
Waiting, wanting, to be broken
By a knock on the door of a mind
 
Resolutely fastened, against the fervent desire
To be melodiously lyrical again,
Like a warbling nightingale,
Do they too
 
Tire of their own enthralling voices
Howsoever beautiful,
I wonder ?
 
Silence is indeed refreshing, awakening,
But only, only
When wished for,
Else
 
It is not silence;
For the beauty of silence
Lies in the longing for it.
There is no destination,
 
If you have no where to go,
There is no smile as honest,
As the one that wishes to be so.

(Ashok Sawhny is a prolific poet who has over 35 poetry books to his credit. He can be reached at ashoksawhny06.poems@gmail.com)

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