Anthara – Introspection (English Poetry)

Telugu: Raamaa Chandramouli
English: K. Purushotham

Be it a straircase, a flight, a pinnacle,
or the ladder of life,
one climbs up
only to climb down.

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To get up is unreal, to fall is ultimately real
Darkness being eternal, light is only a guest
When one realises,
The man is ever lonely
Lonely man,
lonely experience,
Lonely life,
Ultimately,
Lonely sorrow.

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That they are not visible means
they are certainly there
that we came here means
we would certainly leave
that we leave means
someone will fill that gap.
And it goes on, doesn’t it?

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Who knows what the earth contains within?
There in every human heart is a well,
to draw water from.
Every vessel brimming,
Desires to be emptied
To be emptied is to be re-filled.
Emptying and filling sprout life in the man