a solitary sailor walks down a sandbank
the dry sand crumbles 'neath his feet
these sands, water they no longer drink
paint cracking and peeling off of boats and a sink
the sun upon the hot sand beats
a solitary tree lies, where it fell, at the bottom of the bank
an old beach house decays 'neath old dead oak trees
dry sea oats rustle in strong gusts of wind
a rotten shutter creaks in the cool breeze
old dry sea weed crackles and blows in the breeze
the sun falls towards the horizon
the wind bemoans its lost friend, the sea
the seaman on the tree trunk sits
a quiet fog upon the sand creeps
the burning sun on the horizon sets
the solitary sailor thinks of lost love, and regrets
the fog up to the log creeps
the fog inside itself, the seaman, lets
sun, to day's eyes is visible no longer
the fog transforms into a wave
wave washes from the shore
with it disappears the solitary sailor
the man, no longer sea's slave
stars appear and the sand turns silver
7 comments:
at some point in our lives all of us are like the solitary sailor..
lovely post :)
Impressive use of strong imagery and a charming portrayal of the lonesomeness of the sailor.
I'm glad you set him free at the end of the poem.
I apologize for my absence from your blog for so long. I had been reading everything, but somehow repeating the same .. "it was nice", "loved it", "beautiful post" etc. had become quite monotonous. So, I restricted myself from doing that.
Happy blogging!
Cheers!
(The following is.. well.. just my blabbering.. dont pay attention)
P.S.- Hope college is going good. I was planning to come to KM for your LitSoc's movie screening yesterday... somehow couldn't make it.. my loss...
I wanted to watch 'Shakespeare in love'..
uaeinn....
I heard the other two screenings were cancelled. will you please tell me (if you know!) when the other two movies will be screened....
that was really good you know... the best part I could imagine it all.... even the sailor....
Forgotten your blog altogether?
hey arunima .. long tym.. where have you been?
lovely.
Wierd does not work for me , I still prefer Weird!
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