The Event that did not happen
As a single entity
a solitary cloud
aggregated and arose
inside me
dreams disconcerted
I woke up once again
A memory played
A dance started
A drama debuted
An event froze
A moment in time moved existentially
As a single entity
a solitary cloud
aggregated and arose
inside me
Note: A Magical Mayhem?
As a single entity
a solitary cloud
aggregated and arose
inside me
dreams disconcerted
I woke up once again
A memory played
A dance started
A drama debuted
An event froze
A moment in time moved existentially
As a single entity
a solitary cloud
aggregated and arose
inside me
Note: A Magical Mayhem?
மேகம் திரளுத்தல் ஒரு கற்பனை அல்லது அப்படியொரு உணர்வு. ஏதோ ஓர் மகிழ்தருணம். இதை தலைப்போடு ஒப்பிட்டு பார்க்கும் போது எதிர்மறையாய் தோன்றுகிறது.
ReplyDeleteDad's version
ReplyDeleteAn incident that never occurred
Alone
erupted
a single cloud within me
as dreams fizzle
once more
I awoke
a thought
a dance begins
a drama enacted
an incident sculpted
moved in its seat
for a second
Alone
erupted
a single cloud within me.
This title erases, that whim of a delight that sets in briefly but departs even more quickly. Oh! Those divine moments, how does he begin to list them? And even more pertinently, how is his awareness so mindful of them?
The difference in the translation between you and dad is stark in this poem…makes me wonder how we all read? How unique is our own acts of reading and rendering?