[From the Author of
Poems by Kolki
Absolutely Humane, Real Path To 9/11 & Sayings of Kolki]
Darkness
(Written in Calcutta, May 1997,
when visiting for Fathers illness)
It was dark!
I was standing
on the concrete roof top
After an outage
of electric power!
Everything quiet
down
Except
occasional voices here and there
And distant
moving airplanes, buses or cars!
I looked at
the sky
It was full of
planets and stars!
I saw Orion
I saw Seven
Dwarf
I saw the
North star
And the
evening star -
I could even identify
most planets so dear!
I realized, I
never looked at the sky
With such open
curious mind!
As I was
staring at the distant stars -
In the deep
dark night sky
Noticing their
flickering and colour -
Suddenly I saw
a shooting star
Just appeared
and disappeared
Painting your
face brilliantly
In the deep
dark sky!
I saw a second
one instantly
Illuminating
the last painting momentarily!
Author: Deepak Sarkar,