A MUTTERING WIND!

A MUTTERING WIND!

 

I was breeze and had full of life:

Had a dance to the tunes of sweetest scents,

Kissed the lovely buds and beautiful blossoms around,

Rested upon the chasing waves and buzzing leaves,

Passed through bleakest hills and weakest shells,

Lifted ploughing hopes and plucking faiths!

 

I was a gentle wind and had electrifying sound:

Responded soulfully to the giggles of infants,

Participated in the evocative songs of laboring peasants,

Administered solemnly the rustles of green clothed plants,

Acknowledged the bows of towering trees,

Appreciated the flight of the lightminded butterflies!

 

Initiated hearts and left them palpable:

Taken motivation from the breathing ants,

Spoken into the ears of the waking-up hens,

Shaken the branches and supplied elegance to them,

Subsidized the broken leaves with an invisible wing,

Carried a musical string to be tuned on like an uncrowned king!

 

Had no faith in bitten paths:

Wasn’t egoistic to exhibit an impartial wroth,

Had no regrets about the shielding walls,

Was gifted to transcend them with colourless faith,

Had been a reliable vehicle to bringdown the baby raindrops,

Was a sociable companion to the unaccompanied dew girls!

 

Now I am made to while away with suffocation:

Deprived of an oxygen that fired up the righteous revolutions,

Sucked out of a jubilation which civilized the cultured celebration,

Had petals across to wipe my tears,

Now not a bird is found to ventilate my fears,

With my presents I couldn’t trace anyone to be a pantheon lawyer!

 

The load I had was enriched by love:

The chillness that I possessed was contributed by cordiality,

My agility had been vigilantly watched over by humanity,

The rigidity that I didn’t have was ensured by profoundest solidarity,

Distilling my purity would lead up to creative sterility,

If I am made to face rarity, t    he life on earth will embrace only invalidity!

 

Dr. U. Mahendran.