Then in hairier times <br />smoke emitting <br />erect frame <br />he loved silence <br />he worshiped it <br />and enshrined it <br />in the drawing room <br />in the veranda <br /> <br />steals of laughter <br />then escaped <br />sheer energy rippled <br />the walls of stony silence shook <br />later, the moon like crown <br />made him frown <br />longing for laughter <br />he searched the empty rooms <br />in the still verandha <br />silence stood rooted <br />firm, resolute <br />no stray sound dare raise its ugly head<br /><br />sreelekha premjit<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/then-and-now-39/
