by M.Mohankumar
When a loved one departs all of a sudden, the reality is hard to come to terms with. M. Mohankumar writes a poem that describes the emotions surrounding a journey’s end.
The manner of your leaving, so sudden
and without a word, still confounds me.
How could a boat overturn when
the sea was calm and no gale blew?
On the vast shores of this wide world
I stand alone, benumbed and speechless.
And like a dry, fallen leaf, tremble
before every passing wind.
Memories are wounds that refuse to heal.
Sometimes the minds flares, and slowly
sinks. Then, nothing but emptiness-
within and without.
Mohankumar has published seven volumes of poetry in English. His poems have appeared in almost all reputed literary magazines in print in India. His first collection of short stories in English will be brought out by Authorspress, Delhi shortly. Mohankumar retired as Chief secretary to Government of Kerala.
