ALE TO DRINK

Anyone there ?  Please  come ,

Stop this telltale heart from fluttering

Among the artificial branches of  unreal city trees

Where nests of birds wounded by the last cyclone

Echo but sad songs of betrayal  and  desertion ;

Where serious words uttered by intimate souls

Are swallowed by  clatters of hollow affection ;

Where clanks of wheels speak of empty progress

And emotion is exchanged across clinks of  glasses

Without thoughts of the hapless lot of our civilization !

Prayer to my lord goes unheard in the din of clamours

Desires fade in body of wounded petals

Trails of dowry deaths confound conjugal relation ;

Gutters drown the aroma of jasmines

That promised  breezy kisses at the end of dusty day

And drinks only douse us to temporary oblivion .

Come, give me a peg of your artificial ale of elation

For the night to end

Before again like a  phoenix I rise  in morn back to action .

Comp. n copy right : saroj k. padhi

18/11/14