WANTING TO WIN LIFE




                                               WANTING TO WIN LIFE


                         A child runs to catch a sparrow
                         It flies away and surprised he looks up
                        The mask cracks with one tooth smile
                        Lights up his brow.

                        The old man sits in sunshine
                        Staring blankly ahead
                        Shrunk body legs bent
                        With no famed strength left
                        But life continuously churns on and on

                        Sitting in the sun splashed courtyard
                        Surrounded by the whirlpool of changes
                        For him old is entwined with new 
                        High rise buildings and the low flying aeroplanes
                        Coexist with age old beliefs, rituals
                        The ghosts,  the witches
                        And the crawling spirits.

                       He a talking point
                       In rolling planes of paddy
                       Isolated by age 
                       Eternity ripples through
                       The numerous folds of his skin
                       Each telling a story of a heady adventure
                       Or a sad encounter
                       Lost in the creases of time.

                      His face etched with haunting remoteness
                      Can wind the clock back more than a century
                      Surrounded by the halo of damnation
                      Appearing and evaporating
                      Like the morning mist.

                      Hopes of continuity
                      Waves of timidity are all gone
                      No honest reason to live any more.

                      Struggle between clinging and
                       Letting go has withered away
                      And he sits waiting 
                      Waiting to loose life
                      Wanting to win life...
                      Yes --  wanting to win life once again
                      

                                                                       __________________
                         
              















                 




                                                                

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