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Boredom

A poem about companionship, by Elsy, exclusively for Different Truths.

Many complain of boredom,
yet a day has only so many hours
and things are there so many to do,
and where is the time for boredom?

When alone, let’s enjoy
our own company,
if not us, who else will?

Entertaining oneself
is an art, like any other.

When happy with ourselves
we are happy with the world
and the world is happy with us too.

It is that simple!

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Elsy Satheesan
Elsy Satheesan is a retired Professor of English. She had been teaching in colleges under the Govt. of Kerala, India. Currently, she resides in Virginia, USA. ‘Random Musings’ is her first volume of poems. ‘Summer Snow’, is the forthcoming one. Her poems have been published in national and international anthologies. Short stories in Malayalam have been published in weekly and fortnightly, in Kerala. Humanity is her religion, and poetry, her passion.

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