Poem: A Library's Dream and Immersion in Thought! - V.N. Giridharan -

 

 [* Digital  Art (Google AI Studio) help: VNG.]

This wonderful blue planet
No matter which direction I look
I see it aflame with conflicts.
Outside, you are clashing with each other.
I see rivers of blood overflowing.
It also makes me realize
That children, women, and the elderly mean nothing to you
In the frenzied dance you perform outside.
I am ashamed of you.
I laugh when I see your antics
As if you are the rulers of this universe.
Outside you, vastness stretches.
When I see you buried in the expansive silence,
When I notice your loneliness,
I feel only pity for you.

You who dance like demons outside,
How are you sitting here so silently,
Without any conflicts,
Side by side?
It's astonishing. Dictators! Revolutionaries!
Elite people of class!
High-born people of caste!
Heroes! Cowards!
Without gender distinction,
People of diverse personalities
All of you are sitting side by side
Here.

This understanding among you,
This friendship,
This decency
How wonderful it would be
If you carried these outside too,
I ponder.
I dream these dreams.
If my dream comes true,
I am immersed in the thought
Of what this world would be like.