The Call Of The Ocean

By Kumud Dhankhar

From childhood's hour I had not been like everyone else - so keen From the cuckoo's song until the day had been The tide was all that I longed to have seen

It arose & fell so gallantly & reminded me of who I had been staring down my lone balcony This strange dance of grief and joy took me back to when I was a boy the waves always make me aware of these feeling's little love affair

I long to set sail in still waters but soon enough my heart gets worn for all I see are thunderstorms

Sometimes from across the shore I feel a whisper float to my door The waves splash into my heart

Moving like a work of art

The heavens weep for me to see myself in a house by the sea To swim away in morbid hours & let myself be overpowered

The water sweeps over my feet

and the seaweed too calls for me

surrounding me where I stand

taking me away from this wretched land

By Kumud Dhankhar