ANOUCHEKA GANGABISSOON

ANOUCHEKA GANGABISSOON

QUESTS

Asked I to the clouds

Have you never sought why you do be

So white and foamy

So bright and milky?

Asked I to the rivers

Have you never sought why you do be

So tame at times, and at others so wild

So clear at times, and at others so raging?

Asked I to the flowers

Have you never sought why you do be

So pretty and so fragranced

So fragile and so in need of care?

Asked I to the animals in the animal world

Have you never sought why you do be

So varied and so different

Some of you so fearsome and some others so mild?

Pray, my quests were left unanswered

So much that I chose to close my eyes

And to ask the silence inhabiting me

Why I do be

So broken and imperfect

Yet, so in love with existence?

The silence turned into a drum

And bid my soul to move to frenetic beats

The drum then turned into a violin

And bid my heart to melt to its soothing tunes

The violin then turned into nothingness

And I left my whole essence

Being enlaced with a mystical warmth!

Why, life is a riddle, a puzzle

Life is meant to be lived

Life is meant not to be questioned

Curiosity shall remain a facet of humanity

But confusion and mystery shall overpower it

At all times!

Meanwhile, we are to live

And enjoy of our lives

Even if imposed upon!

MY SOLE AIM

My sole aim is to be remembered

Though this world remains a voyage

And though I live like a mere traveler

I only wish to stay alive after I shall no more be!

Pray,

My aim inhabits me

As if it were a hungry lioness

Caring solely to quench its hunger

My aim does never leave me

For, of the temporality of life

My soul has had enough!

Why, if I live here still after I shall turn into dust

Through words and poems

Shall my aim be met?

TWIRLS OF EXISTENCE

Worry not about what happens to the material body

Worry not about it

Care only for what lies after

For the consciousness that shall live on

Even if such remains a mystery!

See, seeds turn into flowers

Rain water turns into clouds

Babies grow up into adults

Days alternate with nights

And repeat themselves

While the magic of existence looms

And life keeps going on

Whatever happens!

So worry not about what shall be

Worry not about anything

Care to live your dues

As if you were a knight

Following the orders

Of your king!

Care to live up to your standards

As if you believed in these strongly!

Pray, Existence twirls always in between itself

See, our galaxy itself is twisted

Being the children of it

We have no choice other than

Twirl with it

And adhere to what it wishes!

Anoucheka Gangabissoon

ANOUCHEKA GANGABISSOON

ANOUCHEKA GANGABISSOON is a Primary School Educator in Mauritius.  She writes poetry and short stories as hobby.  She considers writing to be the meaning of her life as she has always been influenced by all the great writers and wishes to be, like them, immortalized in her words.  Her works can be read on poetrysoup.com and she had also appeared in various literary magazines like SETU, Different Truths, Dissident Voice, In Between Hangovers Press, WISH Press, Tuck’s Magazine, Blue Mountain Review, among others.  She has also been published in Duane’s Poetree and also in two anthologies for the Immagine and Poesia group.  Her poems are often placed in free online contests.