Free Verses

By Marendi khon

Of all the forms of conversation

Affecting the everyday affairs and walks of life,

Silence speaks the most powerful message;

When the being in full exuberance

Watches, listens and remains unperturbed;

When amidst the loud fast noises

Everyone rushes to prattle or prove learned;

If the eyes remain fixed and the heart beating quiet:

The gaits and gestures are not so overtly -

But bind in upbeat cohesion,

And the face countenances nonchalance,

And the mind widely open to the inflowing words

But the lips both on each other stay;

The eyes at times intent by the signal of the mind to grasp

But the gate of the mouth still closed!

When all is said, heard and seen -

Something inside urges to babble:

But knowing well silence is not being fearful

Or less knowledgeable, nor prattling means more learned!

Much is learnt that says of much to learn still;

Then, stand up, closed the eyes:

And through the mouth the deep breath

from the nose is blown; smile warmly

and with the confidence acquired through the years

Say thank you and in silence exit upright.

1. Move On

Of all the qualities in life

That the human strives to inculcate;

Of all the dramas that human encounters;

Of all the heart breaks, the rejection and the failures;

The shame and the disappointment along the journey;

Of all the pains and misery and anguish -

There is one thing which every heart should build:

The wisdom to move on.

The understanding that time and people

Are what and who they are;

It’s how they are, and will not to our bidding dance.

There are times when we’d slip so bad,

And there are people who would never to our

Affection and care reciprocate

Despite the best effort with the best intent;

Nor will all times favour us with the wins

No matter how well sweated we have!

But through all these moments of lows -

We would do best to move on,

We would do well to see the truth;

We would do well to realise that

Life is truly both ups and downs;

We would do well to see this much early

So that we may still have the hourly edge

To learn, correct, understand and apply

And so, move on!

Cry a thousand tears should you!

Feel anguished numbness should you!

Writhe and feel hurt should you!

But once you are done that

Never look back to cry the same tears twice,

So, move on for this life is meant to be only moving forward;

Decide every moment to move a step forward -

And move on in your thoughts and actions!

Be it just a single step

But move on:

Then one day you will turn back to see

You have moved on enough and far ahead in life,

So, move on for life’s abundance!

By Marendi khon