Friday, 29 May 2015

REQUIEM TO DARA SHIKOH



Oh Dara!
If memorie remain a lustrous sea shell
washed upon the shore of times inner eye
then pressed to ear discover
not one ocean but two
singing together a melancholy refrain
of wave on wave of sorrow
Oh Dara! Oh Dara!
All prayers are but a veil upon death’s dark door.
But how mourn the loss of a living bridge
between two oceans of faith and wisdom  

Oh you noble gentle invader
You were
You are
A broken bridge
between us and a golden dream

Oh unkempt forces of dark resentments
Oh crimson line on golden throat
Oh unkept tryst with unmet aspiration
  
A golden bird sings your requiem
No more poems for you Oh Dara
The heart can cup but so much sorrow  
Oh Dara! Oh Dara!



Amit Dahiya Badshah

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