Dr Molly pays tribute to the Bard – exclusively for Different Truths.

On the seashore of
         endless words
pebbles
      how like a child
I tottered
      picking, collecting
making dream castles
              that fell
miserably
          as a fiasco....

you came
          to hold up
my hand
             pointing at
the vast expanse
    where children play
with shouts and
                      revels
among the charming
glades and shades,
            so blissful
accepting all...

we watched
         how after the
nocturnal
          hide and seek
the moon retires
paving way
    for the morning
glory...

         there where
the radiance
        fell and spread
we listened to
the glory of
          our creator
sung full throated
     by the birds...

even the
         sweltering heat 
  turned a sweet
           promise...
    how we traversed
the sunny,
        the gloomy,
singing the
       song of love
faith and peace...

our silences
    saturated with
the content
        of a reed in
moving waters
            to merge
with the great
sea of silence...

O, my Bard!
      how together
our winged self
              transcends
the shores
        of word play
to resonate
         seeking the
eternal edge 
             to things...
where borders
coalesce...

Picture design Anumita Roy, Different Truths

Dr. Molly Joseph

Dr. Molly Joseph is a professor, poet from Kerala, who writes travelogues, short stories and story books for children. She has published 14 books,12 books of poems, a novel and a story book for Children. Her poetry with its unique style, has been characterised as "Ribbon Poetry." She has won several accolades which include India Women Achiever’s Award 2020.Her latest book, Water Sings over the Stones, won the best Poetry Book of the Year Award from ALS. She believes in the power of the word.

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