SANDS

Ecstasy of sands that sang under your feet

as we trudged those sunny miles on the shore,

travels right to my core

transporting noises of waves , storms in the heart

and the unspeakable agony of dead cells

spelt by wind across tall Casuarina trees

into a strange silence in my soul ;

transforming pebbles into pearls,

common waters into cascading falls,

tears of rivers into curls of smiles of red Palasa in ooze

waking up fishermen from  their old, habitual snooze

on the marine drive of our meet where we like two fishes

nestled long in the net of our redeeming wishes .

Now sands applause still louder to cheers of wind

When intimations dawn from a radiant sky

devouring  all  pestering  ‘why’

to land us in body of some secret glory

lying awake on fins of fishes  in unusual flurry

at the sea’s secret floor

opening souls’ closed door ;

flowers lovingly kiss dust in the air

for petals to fly in riots of colours new

to cheers of only a perceptive few ,

consuming  lumps of flesh and bunches of bones

in fires that end in a still white flame

at the centre of the sanctorum that begins our new game !

@copy right : saroj k. padhi. 30/01/15