Ode To A Sleepless Night
Svelte sunset beckons murky darkness,
And puts to bed another spangled day,
While heavens suspend in lavish turbulence,
Await seraphims with fireworks on their way.
Celestial bodies swing in silent purring cadence,
Float in mercurial spasms lit on ether,
Spheres make music vouch to never oscillate &move away,
As the nebulae serenade to each other.
Constellations dangle in garters & retire for the night,
Chant a rosary for a peace chained in denouncingweight
In stellar glory spin on spider’s thread to span a void,
Take the unknown road that only by the brave know not to avoid.
With our nearest star eclipsed in a night’s blackout,
The star-studded Elysium, in a cosmic flash heave,
Shadows prowl on tip-toes in night’s stillness down below,
In their lingering light, say this is where dreams live.
Night arrives as a nymph nervous, seeking comfort,
In her nuptial dress sprinkled in bright star dust,
Where stars hang like pearls and fire-flies light,
And jewels flush in the dewlocks of the night.
Stars lift and fall with smooth undulations,
With each graceful sweep of her gown,
As night descends from the starry spiral staircase,
Out of the doorway of the moon.
Night returns reverie cut by the popping moon,
Throws her most treasured, resplendent, ornament,
Into comatose hours with her milky white brilliance,
Now together renders the stars redundant.
With her mind made up, moon peers in monocles,
While on her beams ride the thaw,
World lies woven in a shroud of sleep,
Chill air is hushed in awe.
Her frantic wanderings create an eternal spectale,
Scales the skies for a glimpse of her cherished one,
Pleads to her ethereal chums to come assist,
Begins a journey similar to mine.
Planets cross, higher destinies command,
Her lonely grace outshines that comfort numbers do not provide,
Some laughed in envy, as others behind the night veil slept,
With lanterns in their hands some join in her quest.
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poem by Seema joglekar
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