the vine sapling

Sanjay Kumbkarni 1963 (Dhariwal)



one day i saw
a vine sapling
sprouting
in my garden
of who i was the warden...
it grew and curled
and ever so slowly climbed
not as much i wanted in my mind...
one day i saw
it going west
frankly, i wanted east...
for that's where begins the feast.
well i did that i did that day
tied a string heading east.
today,
when i am about to die
i want a moment to buy.
in the lull before the storm, i think
west would've been wise.
guess, i lost that prize.

at the end of the day,
the vine sapling
will surely cling...
while history cries
on a strained sling...

About this poem

you cannot set the clock back on some decisions in life. You live with "what if"

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Submitted by sanjay.kumbkarni on October 21, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AbbccxxxAxddedeffxgg ebbgb
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 531
Words 113
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 20, 5

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