DISHEARTENED : Ashok Chakravarthy

DISHEARTENED 

 Ashok Chakravarthy

A new verse tries to come out

But it’s very unfortunate….

There’s either a pen or a paper

Where to scribble the matter?

Memory cannot treasure

A sudden gush of musings,

In vain it may try, but ….

Being helpless, they get erased.

Like the silence after a storm

Like the calmness at midnight,

Thoughts reduce to a nought

Like ripples, get swept ashore.

Though verses try to come out

Memory fails to seize them;

Dispirited, they slowly fade away

Into the perpetual past, helpless!

(Dr. Ashok Chakravarthy Tholana, a noted poet, writer, and reviewer from Hyderabad, is acclaimed for his message-driven poetry on peace, brotherhood, environment, and human rights. His works have been published in over a hundred countries and translated into 42 languages. Honoured with numerous awards, including fourteen honorary doctorates, he has earned appreciation from figures like A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Bill Clinton, and Queen Elizabeth II. With twelve poetry collections and several translations, he has long advocated global peace and non-violence through his writings.)