Two Poems
Near the library desk
a man is reading a book
He is reading a different book
You are reading a different book
Some day
you both
all
will read only one book
That will be your book
With the fluttering pages
the letters morphing as words
the words morphing as sentences
the meaning was realised
After the meaning was realised
the world ruined
and a new world was in vision
The meaning was realised in a moment
when that moment too was lost
I see the same world which I saw before
with the fluttering pages
Note: Two poems in a single poem which could have been made into two poems with a connection ...
That said language, meaning, books and interpretation is a consistent subject that is beautifully debated here
Near the library desk
a man is reading a book
He is reading a different book
You are reading a different book
Some day
you both
all
will read only one book
That will be your book
With the fluttering pages
the letters morphing as words
the words morphing as sentences
the meaning was realised
After the meaning was realised
the world ruined
and a new world was in vision
The meaning was realised in a moment
when that moment too was lost
I see the same world which I saw before
with the fluttering pages
Note: Two poems in a single poem which could have been made into two poems with a connection ...
That said language, meaning, books and interpretation is a consistent subject that is beautifully debated here
first poem remains me a poem of Sukumaran, "அவர் படிப்பது வேறு புத்தகம், நீங்கள் படிப்பது வேறு புத்தகம்" this is remains me that poem. This one is good one. Last line of this poem can be interrupted like when you read more all books will give you ultimately the only one thing which you are looking for or all you will read the is the book/books that you have written.
ReplyDeleteOnce you understand the meaning or essence of something you will ultimately enjoy it only for a while. This philosophy suits for all including the reading.
Dad's version
ReplyDeleteTwo Poems
Near the library table
a person
is reading a book
what he is reading is a different book
what you are reading is another book
one day
you both
everybody
will be reading
only one book
that is your book only
as the pages flutter
letters becoming words
words becoming sentences
got its meaning
as soon as I got the meaning
the world got destroyed
a new world was seen
for a moment only, I got
even as the moment started to slip away from my hands
I started seeing again and again
the same old world
as the sheets flutter