WHERE ARE THE BEES GONE?

Where did the bees vanish yester night

when I was lost in drizzle of moonlight

without any hint about their sudden flight

putting  me into this awkward silence

that has been simmering  in me since midnight ?

Look how my petals droop, fade and fall

my eyes in a big, wild blank lazily roll

inviting the wind to write  

an elegy on these graying leaves

drawing  drops of ink from depth of my soul !

The pink grass flowers  blare out news

about  these bees from their funnels

that flash in all corners of the garden

by agents of birds in all the channels !

But who will give me meaning this morning

under the light of the new Sun?

In the absence of my soul’s companion

who will bring me some real fun?

Let me burn in this  fever of quiet longing

till the bees from the unknown haunt return,

touch me not dear  lovers of flowers

in my present  plight of  painful sojourn !

comp. n copy right : saroj k. padhi

06/10/14