I Stand Still...

By Radha Konda

Blazing fire and grazing ice

I gaze through the despising eyes,

I stand still with a proud gown

Wearing a frozen metal crown,

Ruling a kingdom of dreams

I burn and burn bigger than the sun,

Attending life without quitting a day

I walk and walk through stormy prey,

Every day knitting my failures

Into a cape soaring above the praises,

Commanding the shadows of night

I build and build with bricks of light,

Battling the tainted hearts lay astray

I mould and mould the dirty clay and hay,

Building a castle of daisies and rubies

I leap and leap through beaming beauties,

Reminiscing the land of forgotten

I write and write the glory of trodden,

Celebrating the honours of today

I grind and grind the trials of Mayday,

Bracing the  moles of yesterday and tomorrow

I soar and soar above the mountains of sorrow,

Protecting the gates of heroes and hopes

I stand and stand tirelessly and timelessly,

While the stars peek and the sun winks

I watch over the hills and plateaus of clinks. 

By Radha Konda