Raghavan Warrier Poems

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Meandering inside the confines of my solitude
I asked the forest, which tree is your boundary?
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Just read the first line of my poem
And if you don’t feel like reading
The lines that follow, then maybe
Bin it; it isn’t worth the trouble.
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When I was taken over by desire
I consumed myself in the fire
Forsake my book of wisdom
Forgot the pleasures of freedom.
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Look! Those who win have plastic minds
Ready to mould and ready to bend
And always taking, a shape that sells.
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I came to you to “embrace the wings of void”*
Like a boat without a sail and oars to guide;
Along your banks and away from the crowd
You walked me through timeless present
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During my school days it used to be Commander Mary
Who owned me like her Private and made me merry
When her rule became oppressive and results depressive
I decamped from her regime and jumped from her ferry
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A word and feeling that rolls back a million times
Eluding its true meaning; evolving into new feelings.

As a child it was the warmth of mother’s bosom
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On that cursed date
As I was getting a little fidgety
With my throbbing eccentricity.
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If I die today and become a ghost tomorrow,
Will I be an idle ghost full of sorrow?
No I will be a very busy one,
And will spare none.
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Soothing and gentle
your calming presence.
Extending your hands
To ease the thuds
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