English Literature – Book-Review/Abstract – Layers of flickering lights – Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra

Layers of flickering lights

A poetry collection by Authorspress India, written by Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra

Poetry collection of 101 wonderful poems which try to describe the voyage to the ultimate equilibrium between the mind and heart through poetry.

Excerpts from the book –Layers of flickering lights

THE WIND AND THE LEAF

Puff! Puff! Puff!

Blew the wind.

It was not only

harsh,

but ruthless too…

destroying everything

that came its way.

A little leaf

had just sprouted

and it was also

full of hope…

it made everything optimistic

that came its way.

The vindictive wind

learnt about

the buoyant leaf

and began

gusting and raging

around it,

surrounding it with

fury and frenzy.

It intimidated it,

It unsettled it,

It threatened it.

And yet,

the leaf

kept smiling,

undeterred.

Seeing the audacity

of the leaf,

the wind

finally blustered

so raucously

that the leaf

could no longer survive

and it gave up,

ah! so bravely.

Optimism and hope

does lose at times,

but then the fact

that it

persisted and flourished

brings a smile

on the lips

of all positive seekers.

Amazon Link : Layers of flickering lights