Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Sitting On A Patch Of Grass

Sitting On A Patch Of Grass 


Come, sit awhile, On this patch of grass, 
This corner of the earth, That is ours alone, 
Till we go our separate ways. 
 Let me rest in your arms, In my mouth a blade of grass, 
Your hair a curtain Sheltering me from the world, 
Your fingers easing the frowns That burrow deeper in my forehead With each passing day. 

Let us not remember, The lengthening shadows in my father's face, 
My mother's pinched and wrinkled skin, 
The worries that like an insidious worm Are eroding their life away, 
My poetry collection that I sold To apply for the last job inteview. 
 Let us also try and forget That your father no longer speaks to you, 
Your sister looks at you with accusing eyes, 
Your mother called you a whore last night, That you are now a stranger in your home, 
Gray strands in your hair no longer a rarity, 
That you will be thirty in a month's time. 
 There will be time enough to remember, 
Once evening dies and we part our ways, 
Instead, let us, for now, 
Look into each other's eyes and be content That the grass below is green still, 
The sky above still daylight blue, 
That the love that I see in your eyes,
 And the dreams that you see in mine, Are not an illusion just yet.

-Santhosh 




 Photo: Nejro

8 comments:

ಸಾಗರದಾಚೆಯ ಇಂಚರ said...

It is really touching, wonderful poem

sunaath said...

ಸಂತೋಷ,
ತುಂಬಾ ತುಂಬಾ ಸೊಗಸಾದ ಕವನ. ನಮ್ಮೆಲ್ಲ ಚಿಂತೆಗಳ ನಡುವೆ
ಒಂದು ಗಳಿಗೆಯ ಖುಶಿಯನ್ನು ನೀಡುವ patch of grass
ಅಂದರೆ ಈ ಕವನ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಬಹುದು. ಇದರ ರಚಕರಿಗೆ ವಂದನೆಗಳು.

PARAANJAPE K.N. said...

Good one Santhosh. Your poems emanate meaningful thoughts.
keep blogging.

ಚಕೋರ said...

ಅದ್ಭುತ ಭಾವತುಂಬಿದ ಕವಿತೆ. ಕನ್ನಡಾನುವಾದ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದರೆ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಎಫರ್ಟ್ ಕೂಡ ಜತೆಯಾಗುತ್ತಿತ್ತಲ್ಲವೇ?:)

Deepika said...

touched!.. beautiful poem..

ಜಲನಯನ said...

What a simple way of expressing the complex thoughts...?? good .keep it up...

ಸಂತೋಷ್ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಕನ್ನಡ ಲೇಖನ ಸಹಾ ಚನ್ನಾಗಿದೆ...ಮುಂದುವರೀಲಿ...

V.R.BHAT said...

ಆರ್ಷೇಯ ಪದ್ಧತಿಯಂತೆ ನಿಮ್ಮೆಲ್ಲರ ಮನೆಗಳ ಮನಗಳ ಹತ್ತಿರ ಬಂದು ಯುಗಾದಿಯ, ಹೊಸವರ್ಷದ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳನ್ನು ಕೋರುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇನೆ, ಹೊಸವರ್ಷ ತಮಗೆಲ್ಲ ಸುಖ-ಸಮೃದ್ಧಿದಾಯಕವಾಗಿರಲಿ.

ಗೌತಮ್ ಹೆಗಡೆ said...

good poem:)thank u for bringing this to blog..