Then
an
incarceration
by
innocence
Now
known
imprisonment,
and
the intervening years
were
made of waves
leave
and books
question
and exclamation
choices,
regrets and perfumes
paper-weights
and heart-weights
wrong
squares and bad bishops
we
were skewered
by
carelessness
forked
by knights
that
preyed in daylight and dream
and
though a kite-thread ran
on
a score sheet
with
indecipherable scribbles
the
moves that gained space
and
those that checkmated
from
then to now,
we
remain
heart
fish and heart fish
in
mind-drained bowls
peering
through refractions
glass-made
realities
not
of our design.
surely not? No rainbows through those refractions?
ReplyDeletesadly, no.
ReplyDeleteDear Malinda,
ReplyDeleteI take lot of solace in verse, especially when going through 'bad patches' in life. I also believe in Dhammapada and I happened to come across your write up on the value of Dhammapada. As a balmy anecdote to many more who'd find solace in verse, can you pen down few verses on Buddhistic topics? I'm a very sick person and few such verses from you will bring a ray of hope to my weary existence. May the blessings of the Noble Triple Gem be with you.
Most of my poems contain Buddhist thought. Siddhartha Gauthama, after all, is my greatest source of inspiration, not just in poetry but all things. Was interviewed once and said as much: http://www.nation.lk/2009/05/03/eye9.html
DeleteDear Malinda,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your response. How may I write to you personally? Can you kindly give me an email address please? I hope you wouldn't mind me writing.
May the blessings of the Noble Triple Gem be with you.
Dear Malinda,
ReplyDeleteIs the email cited in your blog (malindasenevi@gmail.com) is your email on which I can reach you?
yes
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