Wonder of Life

We haven't yet seen
The extreme cruelties of men-
That's why we still live with hope,
Warm hope like the warm feathers
Of a mother-bird around her babies,
Hope that is like the smell of first shower
After long, hot, dry, rainless days.

We live near the burned cities,
We live near the abandoned ports,
We live like a trembling mother-bird
Waiting in her storm-broken nest
To see the sun to rise.

Life is so wonderful,so lovely!
Love is like thin white bird
Looking for a little food to eat.
Our thoughts are like soft silk-cotton
Flying away with the seeds inside.
One day they might find land somewhere
And give birth to a green seedling.

Mallika Dhar

The Doors Of A Dreamland

His hairs were like soft clouds
Colored by the rays of the rising sun
His arms were like a pair of wings
Flying towards the blue horizon.

His hands were full of fire and water
Like the doors of a dreamland,
I knocked with an anxious heart
Then found myself on a firy sand.

He did strike me with his thunder
He did flood me with his rain,
He did crack me with his spear
He smashed me, revived me again.

He did set my heart on fire
Then the darkness vanished,
I saw billions of stars rising
And another billion extinguished.

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Mallika Dhar

Men And The Mother

Poet:Mallika Dhar

Categories: Inspirational Poems, Motivational Poems

Title: MEN AND THE MOTHER

We built those towers and monuments of stone
With a high hope to touch the heaven and hell-
But only clouds blocked our eyes, air got rarer
We, the mundane human, couldn't breath well.

We blasted off the rocks to find out gold
We found,but not much to satisfy our greed,
Only our holy air and water got poisoned,
Only we forgot our real and true need.

The firy mother laughed at us from lightning,
We mistook that as whistle of typhoon,
We supplied endless souls to sacrifice to her
She gave us both her curse and boon.

Now, we stand quietly under the midnight sky
Full of planets and stars and numerous galaxies,
We realise our true need is only love and light
Then we join our plams and fall on our knees.

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When The Cloud Gave Way

For a long, long, long time
There was a thick black cloud
Over my head.
It covered my whole sky
I couldn't see your face.

I went to see the lake,
I went to the rose garden,
I smiled, I ran, I jumped.
But nothing could remove
That stubborn cloud.

It blackened my days and nights
It whipped me with the flock of despair
I couldn't sleep, couldn't rest,
I tossed and turned,
Tossed and turned.

Then one day-
The cloud gave way,
I saw the sun.

Cheerful golden sunbeams,
Touched my burning heart.
I saw your face,
You, my dearest one.

Now, leaning on your strong arms,
I've kept my head on your shoulder.
My heart is now in deep peace.

You are the one I wanted so eagerly!

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A Few New Stories and Poems

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