A POET
Oh! A perceptive, sensitive and imaginative poet
He can travel at an unthinkable and immeasurable rate,
He can see the dancing, joyous flowers in the captivating heaven
And, he can gather precious pearls at the fathomless bottom of the ocean!
Yes, a poet can have the access to the impregnable bowel of the Earth
He can relish the taste of the tantalizing Death and blissful Birth,
He can suck the sugared, mouthwatering nectar as the busy bees
And, he can blow across the universe faster than the omnipresent breeze!
Yes, a poet can play with the huge fatal whales and the gigantic lethal sharks
He can fly with the jets, and sing with the cuckoos, nightingales and larks,
He can jump onto the shiny, silvery and serene bosom of the Moon
And, he can clasp the burning and blazing Sun in a twinkling of an eye soon!
Yes, a poet can swim swifter than the boats and steamers against the fiercest currents
He can inhale the rejoicing and the fragrant flowers’ spell-binding scents,
He can easily set fire on the incombustible water, stone and feelings
He can excel any worldly goldsmith in moulding the richly bejeweled rings!
Yes, a poet can rule over the invincible kings, emperors and monarchs
He can pace like invisible and inexhaustible Time in the impenetrable darks,
He can meticulously convert a dry desert into a lush, green and fertile oasis
And he can build in the space a lofty and lovely edifice of peace, mirth and bliss!
Yes, a poet can glide and slide on the shivering iceberg without getting cold
He can scale the sky kissing peaks of Mount Everest with no rope to hold,
He can swing even without swings wherever and whenever he wishes
And, he can catch a deadly cobra, and caress even though it scarily hisses!
Yes, a poet can lick venom, and swallow hemlock without being dead
He can suck ambrosia from the sweet and soft blossom's honey head,
He can tumble down with the falling showers without getting hurt
And, he can visualize a prolonged war that was in the long past fought!
Yes, who else can wreathe the richest garlands with the magical alphabet
Who can surpass the excellence of an ever adorable poet,
Who can undermine the expertise of an appreciable poet
And, who can retain the enviable quality of an inimitable poet?
Yes, who can belittle the special flare of a praiseworthy poet
Who can underestimate the knack of a marvellous poet,
Who can transcend the rare power of a proficient poet
And, who can retain the unique genius of an adept poet?
Yes, who can wield the pen as poignantly as a skilled poet
Who can turn down the potential of an adroit poet,
Who can retain the vision of a gifted, visionary poet
And, who is in the world as great as a miraculous poet?
© Dr. Shankar D Mishra Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Blog: sdmpoetry.blogspot.com
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