Battle Eternal –PJJ Antony, Kerala

I closed my eyes and stood still

Freeze, a bird flew by me whispered

I could hear leaves murmuring

Icy wind softly penetrates my skin.

Alone on the village square

On a cold early morning

Light yet to crack and shine

Everything calm and still.

Unto the dark depths of self

I could silently tread through

Touching, feeling the tangle of veins

Vibrant with memories undeletable.

Wounds bleeding unhealed

Rejections, treacheries, betrayals

Unseen helmet of thorns dig deep

And my orphaned soul leaps.

Pendulum ticks the unending time

Generations exit but dwells on next

Caveman roars, cyber ways tremble

Death and resurrection battle ceases not

I long for the silence to engulf me

The silence of the infinite space

Stars are born, torrent of black holes waiting

In silence the eternal symphony goes on.