STAGNANT WATER

 

  STAGNANT WATER

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Stagnant water 

No ripples
No movement.

No rustling winds
No bright sunshine
No feeling divine 
No chanting in shrines

Life has become
Like this only
In C O V I D times.

How I long to see
Children going to school
Or Merrily playing in park
Barren roads again
Fluttering with traffic
Shopping complexes
Busily occupied till dark

Folks moving fearlessly
Getting rid of home-confinement
Long parted near and dear ones
Meeting again, with emotions sublime

I invoke Mercy of God
To give us back
Freedom of body and mind
 Let past life rewind.