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POETRY

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SOJOURNING WITHIN
DAYDREAMS
    SMITA SRIWASTAV                                   

Often her fertile imagination
of nimble feet meanders alone
in abstract alleys of daydream,
spun of gossamer threads
gleaned from fireflies’ fluorescence,
starlight captured from
the sequined constellations,
and graffiti tapestried on
the diaphanous wings of butterflies.
she loiters in realms of fantasy,
admiring skies tinted in rainbow acrylics,
sipping moonlight tasting like
champagne on the tongue,
weaving veils of redolence with
sighs of orchids, lilacs and frangipani,
and painting twilights on
the austere cheeks of once grey road.
here the rain sings threnodies
and the sunshine like treacle tastes sweet
on the tongue of honeyed desire,
lavenders like purple laughter fringe

the cobblestone trails in mauve,
and butterflies gossip with marigolds
about the nightingale’s love for rose,
xanthous moths waltz crooning
symphonies learnt from the skylark
and lotuses hide pearls as oysters
within their pollen-kissed wombs of gold.
the day slowly unwinds in fleeting moments
but my imagination strolls in mystique,
unaware of the passage of racing seconds,
of the incessant drool of the hourglass
as frosted sighs of winter on glass panes
are erased by fingers of mellowed sunshine,
the opalescent daydreams are wiped away
by the lingering sense of duty
that gnaws on the consciousness and
the mind discerns the need to do one’s work...

Smita Sriwastav is an MBBS doctor with a
passion for poetry and literature. A feeling of
inner tranquillity and bliss captures her soul
whenever she pens her verse. She has published
two books and poems in journals like the Rusty
Nail (Rule of Survival)and Contemporary
Literary Review India (spring lingers), four and
twenty, Paradise Review, Literary Juice, Blast
Furnace and many more. She has written poetry
all her life and aims to do so forever.

eFiction India | June 2014