23 Friday Sep 2011
Posted in Foto Friday
Hope
They tied my limbs
Raised sharpened axes
Mercilessly slaughtered
Till I was no more….
A majestic tree
With a green canopy
Cut to naught in my prime
To a lifeless stump…
But… from the dead I rise
As manifold tender shoots
For a fearless tomorrow
Once again I hope….
– Shail Mohan (Sept 2011)
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they look so GREEEEEEN and the poem is very GREEEENNNNNNNNN tooooooooooo 🙂
and Hope is what makes us carry on and do what we have to do 🙂
@bikram,
Hey! You are damn quick with your response 🙂
Yes, hope is what helps us carry on 🙂 Thanks Biks.
I just was checking my emails when it showed a post from you …
@bikram,
Ahh okay 🙂
came so hopeful & then saw poetry!!!! ***u know***
@swathi,
Hahaha! Yeah I know 😉 But this one is quite obviously simple 😛
I love optimism , hope and grit which is entwined all together in your poem.
Beautiful , as ever.
@kirti,
Just hope is not enough, you need grit too, isn’t it?
Thank you 🙂
Agree with everybody above, and also amazed at how you match words with images!
@indianhomemaker,
Thank you for the compliment 🙂
That struck a chord.
I am watching it happen helplessly every day here in Bangalore as trees make way for wider roads, more cars and more crowds and traffic and pollution. The metro under construction has resulted in a virtual genocide in some areas.
We may no longer be the famed Garden City.
GV
@G Vishwanath,
Good to see you are back 🙂
This is one aspect of progress that distresses me. I love trees. As of now Bangalore is the only city that is really green I feel. It is a pleasure to see those giant jamun and other trees.
We appreciate things only when we find them absent in our lives. In the middle east, while the sun scorches down on us, the eyes hopelessly look for a clement shade of a tree.But there are none, that the eyes can feast upon. I miss the hope, the serenity and the joy that the trees give to the sore eyes on a hot day.
@Anita Menon,
I can so understand that. The sight of a tree really rejuvenates you on a hot day.
“E” for “Excellent,” as usual. What is the opposite of Hope? One word might be despair. Such a word lets us know how important hope is to us, no. The big D seems in full retreat.
Today two rangers from the park (who will be getting married in December) took ne out to breakfast to ask me questions about caverns, and now the sweet part, because they wanted to hang out with me. That is so positive for me to realize, you know?
When are you taking another trip to California? I still need to get my Logitech video thingy installed. Could you send me some basic instructions? Though I am thinking that I can figure it out. Hugs, no shrugs.
Hope all is well with you and yours. If not, I will despair. 🙂 🙂 🙂 Bob
@Bob Hoff,
Bob, I so happy to see you! Know that you and your comments were missed. Beat the Bid D so it doesn’t dare show its face again. Grr…
That’s super, hanging out with rangers and discussing caverns! I cannot really say when my next trip is going to be 😦
Well you have me stumped when you talk of Logitech video. What’s that? I hope you’ll figure it out soon. Don’t despair Bob, all is well 🙂
Your writing just keeps getting better and better, even though it was great to start. 🙂 🙂 🙂
@Bob Hoff,
Awww…. Thank you Bob! 🙂 And also for the E for Excellent above 😀
You profile pix is super Shail.
@Bob Hoff,
Gee… thanks 😀
I hate to see a beautiful tree cut down but sometimes it’s necessary. I like how your words ended up hopefully. The beauty will live again, albeit slowly to recover. Nice work Shail.
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@Geraldine,
Yeah sometimes it does become necessary too to cut down trees 🙂 Thank you.
its just awesome …:D:D
@Devika,
Oh thanks 🙂
If I might say…
vishwasam…athalle ellam 😉
Lovely post though 🙂
@Ashwathy,
Lol, that seems sort of apt here, thought the ad is so silly. 😛
Thank you 🙂
wow , life and hope give way to all who has the deep desire to live ….
Thank you 🙂
lovely words…nicely crafted lines and the photo!
Sorry, I missed responding to this comment. Thank you so much 🙂
first of all great to comment on neighbor country poets site….
life is wonderful when we cry today we don’t know it will be a wonderful memory to tomorrow but it does
Thank you so much for stopping by to comment. Sorry for my late response 🙂