Broken signs

Sunil Bhatia 1971 (Allahabad)



Is this the way to the future,
Or has imagination entered my dreams.

The slightest intervention by god is desired,
On this road of life acquired.
This seems to be the way out,
The direction which was taken.

The haze clears in my mind and
These broken signs reappear at every crossing.
The pictures show the paths travelled
In a possible past, forwarded, rewinded
And paused for memory lost.

These broken signs are
From centuries of gusts,
Weathered by the rain and storms.
It was a time when life existed,

Now only my spirit wanders
In infinite space.
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Submitted by Suniil_Bhatia on August 21, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XX AAXX XXXAX XXXX XX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 535
Words 98
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 4, 5, 4, 2

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