I sent an SOS message to God
He deputed angels
Who came running
It was God’s Emergency service.
Dr. Jernail Singh Anand, a renowned poet and writer from Chandigarh, India, shares his mystic poetry
Dr. Jernail Singh Anand, based in Chandigarh, is an Indian poet and scholar credited with 170 plus books of English literature, philosophy and spirituality. He won great Serbian Award Charter of Morava and his name adorns the Poets’ Rock in Serbia. He was honored with Seneca Award LAUDIS CHARTA by Academy of Arts & Philosophical Sciences, Bari, Italy 2024. He is Founder President of the International Academy of Ethics and conferred Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa) by University of Engineering & Management, (UEM) Jaipur. Email anandjs55@yahoo.com
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SOS
I sent an SOS message to God
He deputed angels
Who came running
It was God’s Emergency service.
They found me all okay
No leg was broken
Head too was shapely
I could talk and remember everything
What is your problem?
They asked me
Finding me in good health
Why this alarm?
My heart is a bivouac of wishes
My mind a chiding chill
My whims are running riot
My passions, never still
I am my greatest enemy
It is I who did hijack
My self from me
And kept it in a burning sack
Save me from the passions
These fires which engulf me
I am a hive of guilt
A river choked with silt
The took me to hell
And loosed devils upon me
He is an offshoot of Faustus
Tainted blood, deserves no mercy.
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MALTREATING WORDS AND METAPHORS
When we are in anger
We speak loudly
And often break the objects
Lying on the table
That is how we vent our anger
And this is how
These broken objects
Help us return to equilibrium.
That is what an ordinary person does
He can also hit his dog
Or fight his wife
And most of the times
The anger falls like hot balls
On the kids, if it does not flow
In tears,
Drenching the pillow.
What poet does when in anger?
He has words, phrases,
Metaphors and similes
When normal,
Moons, mountains winds
Carry celestial messages
But when in anger
He hits these images hard
Words start crying, images sighing
Metaphors look for
A safe perch
And similes caught by the hair
Are turned upside down
Meanings, fear stricken, herd afar
From the poet
In possession of Rahu, a malefic star.
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