SARALA BALACHANDRAN

SARALA BALACHANDRAN

THE DARK CORNER OF MY HEART ...

There is a dark corner

In my heart

Where I keep all my emotions

Tight lidded all sides

Where only I can enter

At times

To feel my emotions !

I close my eyes

For others not to see me lest

My eyes will give away

My sorrowful emotions !

My love is still alive

The fire of passion still burns

The longing still breakes me down !

I sit quietly in my hearts dark corner

to heal my soul  pure n simple !

I can see his eyes piercing my heart

I turn around and see him

Standing behind me

Not knowing what to do !

Don't want to feel his passions again

I made a wow, never to repent !

But my love for him

Lives for ever

In that dark corner of my heart !

©® Sarala Balachandran

THAT DIVINE LIGHT. ....

Going through a dark  tunnel

I feel safe as the bombs will

not strike me dead on the spot

I hold on to the little children

I picked up from the streets

where there were terrorists

attacking with guns

The lil children were crying

No one to save them

I was passing by

And holding them close

hid  ourselves in the nearby

dark tunnel !

The dawn has set in

Where do I go for some food ?

The children are hungry and tears welling their eyes out of fear !

God's words were true

He takes care of all !

I saw a tree far away with

Wild fruits hanging aplenty

I run leaving the children

I must get fruits before

another strike from air !

I climb the tree with strong will

putting some fruits in my

basket, running fast again

to feed the hungry children

and me too, before we are panic stricken by the thundering sounds of the guns !

Quietly we kneel down in that

tunnel praying to God ! Please save us from these attackers and plead to them to stop the war and let every one be free to walk with no fear in minds !

I saw a light approaching  us 

I heard an echo I am here to save you !

He carried all of us on his shoulders

and disappeared to that beautiful paradise where everything is quiet and serene !

©®-Sarala Balachandran

WHEN I AM SAD ..

When I am sad

I go for a swim in the sea

my tears merge with the

divine sea water so pure!

Sitting on the shore

I make castles with

the shimmery sand

only to be washed away

by the mighty waves !

The castle in the air I made

was blown away by

those harsh and heartless winds !

My heart wanders in my untrodden

lonely path with scary ghosts

dancing to the rhythm of

that wild music in the graveyard !

I walk away with fear

A fear of being left 

lonely in this world !

I look for verses staring

at the blue blue sky

My hunt for verses

get stuck half way

despair sets in !

I sit quietly in a corner

Looking at the spider

weaving its web

with patience and perseverance !

I get up and take a walk

In the nearby garden

picking up a twig

I start writing my poem

on a soft red rose petal

Dipping the twig in my emotional ink

my heart being my inspiration

The verses flow

as my tears roll down

Like a waterfall !

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SARALA BALACHANDRAN

SARALA BALACHANDRAN: Country.  India: MOTHER language .. Malayalam. Nationality.  Indian  Place of living ... Kolkata, WEST Bengal, INDIA