POETIC OCEANS 2

loved the homeland played in the sand a few steps were a mile ,  story books faithful silent companions twinkling jewels friends at night loved the constellations  woke up, rising loved the sunlight warm loved the school learning farm fell from the tricycle injured the knee cried limped but rose to ride a bigger wheel loved to drive  the jeeps no motorbikes though CJ5, Willys Toyotas, Oh Dear- time slipped, walls houses became smaller workload increased so did the traffic felt the strain and stress revelation realization presence of pain loss and fear, set in blackouts sirens guns fired shattered peace as conflict began college did not stop, nation united defeated the enemy, father at war front, mother and I silently patiently held on staying strong, praying  missed the homeland Kashmir and now this land?  Rise Above ' this is life, freedom' a blessing' 'pewasta reh...

                            In  Life  a lost slipper found under the bed forming the pair, comfortably walking away elderly man and wife leaving for heaven minutes apart birds excited choral twittering filling the foliage,clutching holding on to twigs, soon silent reunited till dawn like every sunset at the horizon, behind the range every raindrop's  joyful merging in the ocean every fruit ripened bursting, fallen every dinner floor cloth, table abuzz engulfed in giggling aromas whispers receding into serene nightly quietude a darkened descent into an unseen dream 'in the beginning is the end'