Action Replay

by Varsha Sreenivasan

[box]A question raised a year ago, finds its answer this time. Mother Nature and Her child coverse in an interesting poem written by Varsha Sreenivasan.[/box]

“Dear child..

Dear child..”

i hear Her call

“Dear child..

Wake up..

It’s morning now!”

“Oh yes..

Oh yes..”

i rub my eyes

happy to hear

Mother Nature’s voice.

“Oh Mother..

it’s been so long

since i heard You speak..

So glad..so glad

that You came

to meet..”

She laughs

Her gentle

Motherly laugh

“Oh my child

I’ve been here and there

but today I’ve come

for a purpose rare;

I’ve come to you

with a question

in mind..

I hope for an answer

if you will be

so kind!”

“Oh Mother Mother..

why speak in

such manner!

Am i not

a simple child

You can command?

Why address me as though

i were a stranger?”

“Alright then child..

I understand what you mean

Answer me then

this question right now..

this beautiful world,

this immaculate creation,

this perfectly co-ordinated

play of

space, time and matter..

what

is the meaning?

what is the point

of it all

o’ daughter?”

like a bolt from the blue

Her question hits

bringing back with it

last year’s memories;

a poem for Spark

on Creation and Creativity –

a question for Mother Nature

on the meaning of

 it all

a promise from Her

to meet me here

same time next year

to recover from ignorant me

the answer.

A year from then

and i have

no answers yet..

Alas..i have been

a bad student..

missing out on

my homework

as expected.

She gives me

a lump of clay

asks me,

“Is this of

any use to you?

“No,”

i say

She turns it

into a cup

“And now?”

She asks

“Of course!”

i jump for glee

“This oh Mother

is for my morning tea!”

“Right then

my dear”

She ruffles my hair

“So what is now..

your answer then?”

“Oh ever loving Mother dear!

for the question we brought over

from last year

this is the answer

we found today..

That there really are

no answers here,

that we came to make

and not to search,

that we came to create

what we look for,

that we came to shed

all questions here,

that we came

to be

our answers.”

Varsha Sreenivasan is an ex-media professional currently involved in the field of filmmaking. She prefers to describe herself as a student of Nature like everyone else is. She believes, as such a student, she is still learning. She dabbles in juvenlie poetry and prefers rhyme to reason.

[button link=” https://sparkthemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/spark-december-2011.pdf” color=”black” newwindow=”yes”] Read all the articles at one place! Download  the PDF! [/button] [button link=”http://issuu.com/sparkeditor/docs/spark-december-2011?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Fcolor%2Flayout.xml&backgroundColor=000000&showFlipBtn=true” color=”green” newwindow=”yes”] Get the print mag feel. Flip and read on the e-reader![/button]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[facebook]Share[/facebook] [retweet]Tweet[/retweet]