The Golden Boat
Clouds are rumbling, sky in a rage
On a lone bank I wait helpless
Toiling all-day in paddy field,
Piled the heaps of golden yield,
Flows the river rogue flooding the plain
While in harvest came heavy rain.
Sitting in a small farm, closed all ends,
All-over water playing in bends,
On opposite bank a tiny village,
Bask in a mystic shadow darkness,
Looks as a silhouette, dark and dank,
Me in a small farm, on this bank.
Humming a happy tune, rowing a canoe,
Who comes there? Think I know--!!!
Fixing gaze, he rows mad pace,
On his two sides at canoe edge –
Breaks the helpless frothing waves,
Can’t be a stranger -- pretty- known face!
Where you go Man? Which new shore?
Stop for a sec here if not more----
I offer you all these, please take it
And give it whoever you think fit
Just stopping the boat for a passing moment
Smiling, take my golden grains.
Please, load your boat from my rich store.
Asking more? I don’t have more.
On this lone bank, lived many days---
These are things I played and chased,
On your boat, I placed in a queue,
Now allow me come along, I beg you!
No room, No room boat is small,
Filled in my grains up to the hull,
Roams ominous pace, dense darkness,
Shravan-clouds at high up space,
Stand stranded I, on my own
The golden boat went leaving me lone.
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