BY A. JANAKI RAM
There is no passion in me now–
but only a great Peace...
Universes may tumble, cracking
the very firmament with their
fall,
but, I shall stand aloof
and watch
Catastrophes quite unperturbed–
Like the lonely seagull that
watches
Giant ships go down...
Strife, competition, the ugly
race for secular advantage, do not
touch me;
Only, the pain of misunderstanding
still hurts….still hurts...
Nevertheless, lingers still the
Hope:
Somehow–I know not how–Man may
Yet come into his own,
Knowing where he is with Fellow-man.