Saturday, January 1, 2022

UNFAILING PROGRESS

                                                UNFAILING PROGRESS
                                            Dr. C. Narayana Reddy

        Wearing the shield of time
                                    If the heart of any one
                                    Ventures to display valor, putting at stake 
        The blows however serious they may be,
                        It is able to withstand.
        If swimming hands
                        Have firm decision to support
                        The opposite shore of the widest sea 
                                        Comes to stand in the presence.
                        The trees, inhaling greenness as oxygen 
                        Accord a shelter to the birds perching on them
                          In the scorching sun 
                      In the shivering chill
                          Offering them blessings.
        Their glances
                                    Fly, raising their wings,
                                    Hatching in the eyes 
                                    The restlessly collected sights in tours
                                    They take a rest.
                                    Crawling like a baby,
                                    The creek at the lap of mount-ridges
                                    Rhythmically steps down to the earth
                                    And forms the branch of a river.
                                    It, falling and falling
                                    Flows rushing
        Although its angles are different
                                    Substance is same
                                    As per the angle of investigation,
        The secrets of matters
                                    Come out in the form of a verse,
                                    Capturing contemporary realities
                                    Every living proceeds
                                    To pave a way to unfailing progress.

Published
POETCRIT
Jan-Jun 2022 Vol. 35, No. 1

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