VALSA GEORGE

 

 

Children- Bubbles Of Wonder

 

Hearing squeals of laughter outside

I looked out...

Saw tiny feet running down the pavement

‘Wow.... See the flower in the air'

Echoed the excited utterance of a child

A golden-haired girl with a baby grin

Surrounded by friends of her age

 

All pearly eyes were riveted up

Looking skyward they clapped their hands

Obviously, she was referring to a butterfly

I watched the glee in their innocent eyes

And noticed their minds going crazy

Trying to give their tongues

A jump upon their amazement

 

Children-floating bubbles of wonder!

Heaven sent envoys with a divine errand

 

Easily they glide into a kingdom far beyond

Never vexed by the sharp stabs of life

They fill their days with fun

Blissfully innocent, without guile

Romping, laughing, kicking

Never in the flurry of adult faces

Such iridescent lustre, one can spot!

 

But in the blink of an eye

They would be adults

Doubt and fear clouding their world

Grappling with umpteen problems of life

Shutting themselves in the prison of thoughts

And getting tutored in the martial arts

To live in a world of sham and deceit!                                        

 

Wake Me

 

Music sleeps

In my un strummed chords

I wait for the touch of skillful hands

To turn it into flowing melody

A lotus dreaming to see the sun

 

How long can I remain silent?

Oh, touch me, shake me

Wake me from my slumber

Make me into a throbbing rhapsody

 

Set free this prisoner

To birth soothing chimes

Note after note in tiny wavelets

Let my vibrations carve circles

Growing bigger and bigger

Oh, give me the timbre and tone

Let me sing once more!

 

Let the music drizzle down

In healing murmurs

Lifting troubled spirits into calm repose

Leading them to a quiet fold

Free of all fever and fret

Let my soft rhymes

Fill the empty cisterns of the night,

Wooing the hearts

Weaving mystical spells

 

Let it rise and sink

And finally fade into a soft breath

A hushed whisper

A faint vibration

Over a gliding stream!

 

VALSA GEORGE

 

VALSA GEORGE is a retired Professor of English from Kerala, Nirmala College, Muvattupuzha who writes on a wide range of topics. Her poems- highly picturesque and laced with images appear regularly in different journals and reputed poetry sites. They stand out for their emotional fervour, sensuous appeal and inspiring messages.