Aniamma
Joseph
A MAN WITH MANY FACES
I saw a man
With many faces—
Beautiful, ugly,
cruel and kind,
With many animals
in him—
Lamb, ox, deer,
and lion
Tender, soft, warm
and generous
Cruel, hard, cold
and stingy
I was shocked
At the
contradictions
The man stood
before me—
In a mirror—
It was I!
A SEA WITHIN A POOL
Why do you long,
my heart,
For things
visionary and unreal?
Why do you dream,
my feeler,
For a will-o’-the
–wisp?
I never knew you
hid
A sea of desires
in you
How could I never
know
A fathomless
ocean, conceled?
A sea within a
pool, a current
Strong beneath the
stagnant tranquility
How could I feel,
act and react
Enough to feel the
pricks on my soul?
Your vagaries
marvel me,
Too delicate not
to feel hurt
Had I but a heart
shallow
Too numbed to be
moved!
Dr.Aniamma Joseph
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