Saturday, June 23, 2018

After Poem for Professor Frye by Nausheen Eusu


After Poem   for Professor Frye by Nausheen Eusu

   Guardian

“The pale dawn of longing descends,
   with its relentless, unyielding stand;
    yet not completely voicing its way: 
   He hides  all this under cover of
    Longing and  sane will  forging ahead.
   Yet   the Soul refuses to see  all this,
   for  it is in bemused  state,  The soul
confronts  that   “outside the window frame is”
for the body and  soul now refuse to
get along  the journey.

Father Time, unmindful of all
these,  strides in its  carriage
giving a  nod to men  and pitfalls;
Looks as if Time  is convinced
That  Man is incorrigible and
Beyond redemption  at least now.


Now the trio of silence and dark flesh
and  jaded heart with faded love;
it is all like   a broken bone,
What is the broken bone, can one
Resuscitate life, infuse  romance?
It  darkens the flesh, “ flesh is dark”
Loss of  faith, loss of blood and
Endpoint of living. Neither longing
Nor the bone succeed but only the
Waiter Time with its measured beat.

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