Lament
Paradise hath no need of rules
Hades scribes a dozen score
the generous spirit ranges free
the hidebound locks the door
I’ve roamed the barren fields of night
walked the thorny wild
borne the yoke of a thousand ills
borne them meek and mild
Calm lies the diurnal shore
though tempests break at sea
in dearth of human solicitude
lies the true heart’s atrophy
Immure me in penury
steal from me my weal
let love but loan me one fair breath
and I shall, though dying, heal
[© R.Kanth 2017]
Professor Rajani Kanth, is Author of Coda (Novel) , A Day in the Life (Novel), and Expiations (Verse)
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