Poems
Peace and Tranquility
by TA Ramesh

In full throated voice the nightingale sings alone in the garden;
Know not what makes it sing so at this hour of the day
Nor for whom does it sing so high a tone so sweet to hear.
The skylark too flies high in the sky and sings unknown;
Who knows what it sings and why it sings at a high place?

Like men birds are also specialized in various fields in Nature.
The screeching owl gives the warning of the coming danger;
The dancing peacocks foretell the on coming rain to men;
The white doves symbolize hope and peace to everyone;
The green parrots forewarn the stranger’s arrival to their masters;
And likewise there are so many specialists for various jobs.

Yet the invisible voice of the singing Lark is sublime and mystical
And the warbling notes of the Nightingale are echoing everywhere.
Their sublime songs fill the air like the endless eternal being
Invisible, mystical and mysterious like the all powerful God
Not for name or fame or position or possession but for peace and tranquility.  

May 21, 2006

Top