Mrs Poornima Rao
(Mrs. Poornima Rao is from Jabalpur, India. A teacher by profession, teaching Physics at the +2level. She pens down her thoughts either as prose or poetry on issues that touch her heart. She also hosts and coordinates in online poetry meets. Her poems have been published in four anthologies, Goonj the breaking of Shackles, Mosaic of poetical Musings, Waqt ek rahasya and Unscrambling of time and Yug Purush Shriram Yogi Series. She is Interested in understanding the scriptures in depth and is currently persuing Gita chanting and study through online classes.)
☆ ~ ‘SHADOW WORLD…’ ~
☆ Mrs. Poornima Rao ☆
(The Prize winning entry in the Literary Warriors Group Contest. The subject of the contest was “परछाइयां” /Shadows”.)
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Shortest we at noon
But pretty long by evening
And merge into the darkness by night.
Short lived is our span
But regrets we have none
Welcome to our world of shadows
Loyal to rectilinear propagation
No 3D spaces we encroach
Two dimensionally we waltz
We are content with cool areas
Spread beneath a large tree
Or a colourful humble umbrella
We rejuvenate and protect.
We soothe and rest tired feet
And cool a tired brain
As the Sun, Earth and Moon align
And play hide and seek at eclipse,
Lucky ones on the umbral path wait
With bated breath for Baily’s Beads
And the diamond ring in dazzle
Discriminate we not and will never
Between the kind world and the cruel
Nor the coloured clan and the fair
Nay, judgmental is not our job
Picture perfect contours
We are an artist’s envy
In this brightly lit world
A parallel presence we are
You can’t miss or ignore
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~ Mrs. Poornima Rao
© Mrs. Poornima Rao
