Metal ice clinking in a glass of wine
Smiles fight secret battles in mind
Time trembles in the space behind…
Dr. Lalit Mohan Sharma, a renowned poet from Himachal Pradesh, India shares poem.
Hailing from Himachal Pradesh, India, Dr. Lalit Mohan Sharma, born in 1952, has published ten books of English poetry which include ‘Man with A Horn’, ‘Eyes of Silence’ and ‘There’s No Death’. His book, A Three- Step Journey, is English translation of Zahid’s Urdu poems. ‘Icicles of Time’ is the latest in 2024. Sharma was conferred with ‘Master of Creative Impulse’ at World Poetry Conference in 2019. A former Principal, Government College, Dharamshala, he has been anthologized in several books of poetry, stories and such books of academic interest as 21st Century Critical Thought: A Dialogue with Post-Modern Voices Vol I, (2020), A Handbook of Contemporary Ethics, (2024), Ed by Molly Joseph and JS Anand
Icy chill in the Spine
Four lions stood back to back
The ancient third century image
Serves a nation finding freedom
Power courage confidence pride
Three lions as nation’s emblem
Images morph/ crowds loving it
Abrupt graph of mind’s upsurge
The mild meek patience
The poise in the manner
The strength to survive
The hostility of enemy
To frighten the wrong
To rescue the victims
Its might for the right
Not metafiction this
Nor a fake projection
Living along for long in solation
Multiplying in secret hibernation
Rama has a stern look
Hanuman looks in rage
Flags are waved around
Compassion a memory
Cruelty dipped slogans
In the air hatred heard
Three lions are shown
Fangs in anger appear
Wait not at your doors
Would rather be ready
To storm the privacy
Drag out of the homes
Icy chills in the spine
Me and you are mine
Nine times nine are eighty one
Blood fears not bullet in a gun
Metal ice clinking in a glass of wine
Smiles fight secret battles in mind
Time trembles in the space behind.
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