A daily Poem, May 07, 2004 - The Clothesline

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Childhood Poems

talking about incisive mind;

my life's laid bare

on my clothesline

right under the sun

if noosy neighbour

really knows where to read it.

our laughters and moods

trail with the frills, shades

pastels, chiffons

a myriad shapely wear

that dance in the morning breeze;

a party in the open.

the butterflies and bees

lose out to their allure;

a cartoonist's inner world

at work as we figure

all the characters

in the wear

trooping through

the avenue with their

infectious laughters.

in the dawn of a new season

how the shapes have changed,

and the colours

fly away like autumn.

the dull colours!

the dull colours!

how they invade my

clothesline, my life.

the falling leaves!

the falling crown!

how everything start

giving up on each other

split, broken, trail

with the wind!

the void! the void!

Right in this warm

blooded creature!

So cold the days

finally become...

my clothesline,

the delicate theatre

of my life

that trails with the wind

day in and day out.

if only the noosy neighbour

know where to read

all my secrets;

they dance in the winds...

each morning....

when the sun is bright

and the wind blowing....

this morning i watch

with witheld tears alone

knowing full well

some shirts will

never return to the line.




















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jgupta's picture

You are a genius! This very subject of your poem has been dancing in my mind for a while but I could not make time for the same thus read your poem with nervousness_ What if you have already taken away from me something, which I hold so close and dear to heart without even ever having met on cyber stage. However, after going thru yours I know that there is nothing better in life than sharing "Give and Take." Your Clothesline has made me crazy. You have done a wonder to the mundane, which I dote on for the simple reason, purity that it holds. Our life here on earth. I could cover pages with my ecstasy that your poem has charged in me. Every bit of your poem speak volumes on life touching non existence on earth with a casual longing to know those who wore those clothes under the sun, wind and shadows. Simply Superb!