Singer sings,
Two actions occur
He dives deep and
Searches for ocean’s first wave.
It’s blooming as a bubble
In the everlasting spring
For time immeasurable
and keeps on humming
He flies high and
Searches for sky’s first star,
It’s twinkling
In the dark space
and keeps on sounding
Singer returns,
There are two gifts
Bubble he brought back waves as ocean
Star he brought back spreads as sky
In the time of gifts
Singer becomes a sea in land
Listener becomes the bubble
When singer becomes the sky
Listener becomes a star.
In a hypnotic moment
Singer becomes silent
Bubble becomes waving sea
Star becomes flowing light.
Our worlds
Are indeed different
But
Mine can become yours
Yours can become mine
If we had a word…
We
Are indeed different
But
You can become me
I can become you
If we had a word…
But
The word is as far as
The land is to the sea
If I hate you
I will
Tell it in a sentence
That sentence will be
Black
Pungent
And frozen cold
If I am ignoring you
I will
Tell it in two words
Those words will be
Grey
Astringent
And wandering with wind
If I love you
I will
Show it in a word of silence
That word will be
Colorless
Tasteless
And flowing from sight to sound
Safe inside this marble box are
A frozen sentence
Two restless words
An overflowing silence
Are they waiting for us at all?
Poems by Sukumaran
