Long time ago,
Back when I was still a child,
The sky was then limitless,
And the trees a little more green.
I often wandered barefoot,
Without so much care.
That the grass smells different,
At the wee hours of the night,
It was then that I learnt this ,
And I still remember.
How the first raindrop of the season,
Tastes a bit like rust,
I used to wait every year,
It still lingers in my blood.
The smell of sunlight,
On a winter afternoon,
How I hugged it close to me,
And buried my nose,
In the sundried, clean, crisp,
Freshly washed clothes.
I had my troubles then,
As life is always tough,
But nature took over it all,
And made them seem alright.
I live in a city now,
And quite like it so ,
But my sky has become smaller,
And trees have a greyish coat,
Sunlight is still as bright,
But it has no fragrance ,
It still rains as you know,
But my tastes have changed,
My troubles have become larger,
Than the city itself.
© 2009 Rituparna Das
About Me
- Rituparna
- I started writing on an impulse, as my very first post indicates. It was mostly, as an effort to understand myself better. I have graduated from that phase, lately. These days the endeavor is mostly creative. I indulge myself in poetry writing:)! More than often, love pervaded,thus a tad bit embarrassing at times. But how can I help it, being an incurable romantic at heart. Life and literature is meaningless to me, sans romance. I am still extremely self conscious about this, and only very recently have started sharing this link with the world. Inspite of this awkward shyness, like any writer, I too have a strong urge to be read. What can be a better platform than this....thus...I continue writing so! A few lines about the title of my blog...Lais.sez-faire...I don't know french. I came across this phrase in wikipedia....somehow, one day...the very essence of freedom, surrounding this particular phrase appealed to me, though technically it indicates higher forms of political, social and economic ideology. Why should I bother about such lofty, obtuse concepts, I am just an aspiring poet, and absolutely refuse to look beyond the beauty of this phrase!
