Of Mind Poem by Shraddhanand Srivastava

Of mind
swiftly shifts from one to another:
the bubbles of thought
merge and emerge;
the mess of life
aversion and diversion
love and repulsion
of the sapling like kids
their affectionate call
handcuff me;
the babble
of recalcitrant spouse
her ceaseless grumble
make the mind crumble;
of the beautiful edifice
with a nice boudoir
a kitchen well setup
with pretty utensils
and the recent equipments;
Of mind
swiftly shift from one to another:
confounded with
contraries of thought
some time
swing upward
to worldly glory
very next moment
to the cloistered life.


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