Lonely and aimlessly in the vacuum <br />Of time I look for the gap, <br />between land and sea. <br />Amidst water and sowing sound <br />I hear the wailing of the folded days. <br />The smell of the fathomless sea, of moss <br />weed, whales and fish get on my nerves. <br />Alone with my fevered brain, I count <br />My countless days, a sojourn thus <br />Turns voyage as atrocious as your love, <br />Which I never gained but you enacted <br />The drama of gifting me! <br />Lone words swim in the lone marine water <br />without bubbles pushing me to the shore! <br />The combustible heat of the sun, <br />and the mellowed ray of the moon <br />play ragas Dipak and Malhar! <br />The ships like seeds float on the <br />water, never to be anchored. <br />At night their flickering lights <br />haunt me as the bridge to another world. <br />The sky both of day and night, <br />Writes Billet-doux for an unrequited love. <br />Allures me of never-get-it space. <br />But, I'm a tiny boat, <br />I can't float in the turbulent sea, <br />neither swim, nor dream, <br />or drown myself, <br />until I'm destined to……<br /><br />Neela Nath<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-am-a-boat/
