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Suresh Mar 2021
Incessant cacophony and maddening noise
Long for your embrace for sanity and poise
Music of gentle breeze and lapping waves
Succour for troubled soul, precious life it saves

Whirlpool of memories paint vivid colours of ocean
Soothing frayed nerves with rejuvenating magic lotion
Melody of the seas is like dramatic symphonic opera
Myriad moods and colours create fascinating chimera

Curtain raiser of lilting lyrics of ripples on calm sea
Breathtaking kaleidoscope, a feast for eyes to see
Tempestuous soprano unleashes change of tempo
With rough and turbulent seas like ravaging Rambo

Anger and fury of seas is without clash of cymbal
Men and mighty armada so helpless and humble
Survival is indeed tough test of character and skill
Desperate to survive, pray for Varuna’s good will

Crescendo heralds typhoon, hurricane and tornado
Calling the bluff of human ego, vanity and bravado
Important lessons for our survival are rarely learnt
Protecting and preserving nature, no human intent
Suresh Mar 2021
Woken up with a start by the buzz of a honeybee
Little flying creatures collecting pollen, sight to see
Outside the window saw a magnificent honeycomb
Made by hoards of bees and hanging with aplomb

Million of bees working with perfect harmony
Their humming in chorus was sweet symphony
Working in unison, cohesion and flawless design
Producing the everlasting magical nectar divine

Quixotic dreams urged me to arrange and set up assembly line
Where humans working with bonhomie for a product as fine
Enraged mobs of motivated venomous hate started a tragic fire
Burning the beehive full of bees on the tree and my grand desire

In this chaos, seizing the moment and my honey bottle
With loud slogans and energetic chants at full throttle
Emerged a loved leader of the masses, strong and tall
Transforming to land of milk and honey, his clarion call

Soon rancour replaced honey and situation becoming curdled milk
With caucuses of pompous and bloated egos abound in white silk
Unquenchable obsession with power, position, pelf and penny
Only splendid bees blessed and gifted to produce pristine honey.

With passing years hopes for return of my *** of honey faded
In this confusion, searching questions are rhetorically evaded
Goodwill, civility, dialogue and reason have become lost streams
Keep me awake with utopian aspirations and unfulfilled dreams.

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