1) Hard rocky realms, a rocky wild with barren mounds
With thorny shrubs here and there, dry and sere
With tufts of yellow grass and twisted ferns
A silent awe-creating desolate spot.
2) What strange hand shaped these jagged
rocks and crags?
What trenchant chisel carved these rocky steps ?
What wood nymph planted these
thick-leaved dry trees?
With creepers clasping them like pythons stout ?
3) Perhaps a seraph or fairy in antique
times
Graced here to rest her glittering silken wings
And sip cool water from mountain crystal springs;
With folded palms in nightly hours
unseen.
4) A sage or hermit with brown matted
locks
Hung behind like the
roots of a banyan tree
Might have found here a proper serene place
To meditate here upon this rocky ledge;
5) Far from the noisy rush of the town
below
Absorbed in trance in tranquil refreshing breeze
And slaked his thirst from the rocky basin near the cliff
Where trickling drops of water form a crystal bowl.
6) Not a living creature greeted my sight
These ageless rocks with
a barren deserted view
Not even a jungle cat peeping through caverns seen
Not even a bird to break this monotony strange.
7) Perhaps unknown to our earthly bounds
Saints may visit these deserted dark deep caves
Where they commune with mystic sprites
Caring naught for earth-bound turmoil below;
8) I closed my eyes for a while to taste
Those obscure feelings of soul’s delight
Amidst the dark folds of hills with narrow nooks
As if I landed on a planet girt with
rocky realms.
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5th February, 2019 Somaseshu Gutala
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