On Abandonments

On Abandonments
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Bravo
You have lasted till now
Surprised yourself
As a heap of things lies undone
Undeterred
Till your penciled horizons
Dark and blue

People on the streets
Around the nooks and corners of your life
The billows that rise
From your unfathomable solitude
Your imagination has kept wandering like
City dogs
Trying to save itself
From the streets
You never belonged to
You've held your ground

This picture
An endless desolation
A prolonged night
But you see,
Death was never the answer -
And by far the longest of your
Journeys
Have been to self -
Tumultuous and
In vain
Leaving the marks of your abandonments
All over
Fences of small homes
Looking out in the open
Dirt roads
Railway tracks
Here and afar
There it lies
The most precious of your thoughts
Of leaving
Undone

Leaving never had no bounds, it is endless
And complete
And easy
As the morning breeze
Lowering its weeds on lakes
Intoxicating
Pure waters
Annihilating the most ancient.
Winds and mountains, you see
Are older than you
And your history
And beliefs of the most talented of your creed
A wave that rose and killed
Worshippers and non
Took'em all in a fold
As the procession marched on

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Anant Dhavale
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