An evocative poem, by Elsy, exclusively for Different Truths.
A thought perched
on her shoulder
gentle and soft
like a petal of rose.
Lost in reverie
she gave it
a shoulder cold,
and ruffled, it retreated.
To woo it gently back
to her yearning shoulder,
she eased off her reverie;
but it was no remedy.
It soared in silence
to realms uncharted,
perhaps to the ones
geared up for gain!
At times
once lost is always lost;
the chances we disregard
may never glance our way
offering a second chance.
Chance favors the ones
who are primed for the prize!
©Elsy Satheesan
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Elsy Satheesan is a retired Professor of English. She had been teaching in colleges under the Govt. of Kerala, India. Currently, she resides in Virginia, USA. ‘Random Musings’ is her first volume of poems. ‘Summer Snow’, is the forthcoming one. Her poems have been published in national and international anthologies. Short stories in Malayalam have been published in weekly and fortnightly, in Kerala. Humanity is her religion, and poetry, her passion.
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