Showing posts with label poems of despair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poems of despair. Show all posts

Monday, June 13, 2011

Disappointment

I stood leaning,
Over the tall sloping desk,
Which the newspapers were fixed to,
Flicking leisurely through them,
But rarely stopping to grasp,
Any piece of news or feature,
With the desire to meet her,
Lying uppermost on my mind……

My untamed eyes darted themselves,
Down the narrow road,
To scan the turn,
And see if she was coming up…….

Moment by moment,
As time sprinted,
I waxed more and more impatient,
While my hope for her arrival,
Gradually waned,
‘She’s unlikely to come today!’
I concluded,
After about an hour’s dither,
And my heart felt crushed,
Under the weight of the dead hope,
And live despair…….

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Oil & Water

 
Once when I was a kid,
A curious little scientist,
I put some oil,
Into a cup of water,
A simple experiment,
Asked to do my science teacher,
And watched to my dismay,
Oil afloat on water.
Oil is lighter than water,
Explained my teacher.

Today I recollect,
That trivial experiment,
While thinking about you and me,
Or the sweet symbiosis 'us',
And ask myself,
Are we like water and oil,
Never to be mixed,
Or the earth and the sky,
Never to meet each other.