my journey to the sea

My Journey to the Sea                             

As a tiny brook yonder the hills,

 I made my way down the hills.

Burbling and gabbling with mossy pebbles,  

I made a swift course down the hills.

Where’re you heading in a hurry?

The creepers and lilies fondled me with a query.

I’m on my way to the sea to meet my destiny,

Yes, to the sea I make this journey.

While   they waved their   wet tender leaves at me

 With kisses sweet the dragonflies hovered over me.

The news spread far and wide and it shook lives many

With surprise, applause, anger and despair over my journey.

 You’ll never make it to the sea for it’s too far for a tiny stream,

And there goes many a stream like you with the same dream.

 Among the streamlets big and small all on their way

You’ll lose your way and have your dream passed away.

Yeah, I know that I can’t make it all alone to the sea

I shall be but one among the many

Searching for a place in the world

Yet at the sea everything is at sea level.

A poem by Mr. Saji Joseph, Lecturer in  English
LISSAH Kaithapoyil.