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ETERNITY by Shobhana N. Ramankutty

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ETERNITY

The dark spread its cloak of smiling stars,

That glittered as if they were magical lights,

The moon was hidden behind the clouds,

She seemed to be shying, shying away from my thoughts,

The wind moaned, the shadowy branches groaned,

They tuned a doleful song,

That of a pining heart,

I looked at the rippling waters,

And stared at the floating lotus,

Tears dropped like trickles,

On its snowy white petals,

And as it drifted away from my life forever,

I returned a downcast soul,

A forlorn figure,

To the tomb, my home,

For ETERNITY

( I penned this composition when I was 15 years and still at school. I remember the lines to this day, inspired by a dark shadowy night. The night and the dark have always been a source of great inspiration. The reason is unknown to me and cannot be explained. The bright moonlight and the dark shadows together with the moans and groans of the wind through the trees are like a movie playing in my mind. I find the night a captivating scene with its mystery and horror that provides the right ingredients for the fertile mind to flourish.)

The above poem was rewritten and lengthened and editted when I was older. It goes as below:-

ETERNITY

The dark spread its cloak of smiling stars

Glittering like magical lights

The moon waned behind the clouds

She seemed to be hiding........

Shying away from my thoughts

The wing moaned, the shadowy branches groaned

Tuning a doleful song

That of a pining heart

Like the shepherd Endymion

And the Goddess Artemis

She was the soul and I.... the light

But God! Which God would do us apart?

Having brought despair

He caught us in a tide

Taking my beloved away from my eyes

Leaving me the cold, lonely, barren shore

For there she lay, my Artemis

Beside the jagged rocks

A withered lotus, wasted but free

To the song of the sea

Its spray upon her virgin mounts

Were but blessing from above

To cleanse her from sin

Upon her last rites

Her eyes closed, her lips sealed

She slept serene

Oh! So tranquil

Away from the flashes

The hard stares

Of both young and old

From far and near

Cast upon her nakedness

What claws had sunken deep

Deep enough to scar her?

With hunger pangs

That forced itself to devour her

Off her sweetness and innocence?

Questions! Questions! Nothing but questions unanswered!

Filled the void

In broad daylight

Nature the witness, judge and jury

To an enigmatic moment

When she breathed her last

Unable to speak

Unable to reveal

The mystery concealed

The ugly truth

Surrounding her motionless form

I looked at the rippling waters

And stared at the floating lotus

Tears dropped like trickles on its snowy-white petals

And as it drifted away from my life forever

I returned the downcast soul,

The forlorn figure

To the Tomb

My home, for ETERNITY

Written By Shobhana N. Ramankutty

Penang Malaysia

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