In this verse, Elsy unravels the agony of an artist, who despite his weaknesses soars up with strength. A poem about the dynamics of creativity exclusively for Different Truths.

With strength hidden
in the center of weakness,
artist lives
in soft dreams
veined with love.
When hit hard
at the soft core,
he spins in rhythmic beats,
shaping wonders in tongues,
native to heart.
Agony is an art to him,
deft, at morphing rupture
into supernal rapture.
He sits majestic
on the throne of the artist
with joy that is teary
and woe that is bubbly.
The artist lives through agony,
as gold through fire,
smelting agony into marvels
with God's own mint mark on them!

Picture design Anumita Roy, Different Truths

Elsy Satheesan

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.