Molly explores the many layers and dimensions of time, in this poem, exclusively for Different Truths.
I am time
intransigent...
don’t try
to time
me out...
in tandem
with
pulsations
of the
multiverse
I was there
the eternal
enveloping all...
how I
witnessed
voids that
birthed
and broke up
cosmic
bodies
spawning
life,
destroying
life…
men
swaggered
in
borrowing,
building
the life power
to dominate…
meager
motes
they are
floating on
on me
deciding
dos and
don'ts
in vain
attempts
to wall in
wall out
my protean
flow, floating
castles of
calculation
sure to break
up as
smithereens...
hah!
in my onward
flow
I find happiness
and grief
as handmaids
to each,
rise and falls
as part
of the flow…
Time!
I am time
the eternal
don’t time
me out
with your
narrow
hourglass
scales
of months
and years
eons I cover
infinity
my space...
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Dr Molly Joseph, a bilingual professor and poet from Kerala, has published 26 books, including 18 poems, two novels, and two storybooks for children. She has edited “A Handbook of Contemporary Ethics” and works for values, global peace, and togetherness. Dr Joseph has won national and international accolades and represents India at SAARC and FOSWAL literature meets. She believes in the power of the word and writes boldly on contemporary matters.
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