Poems from Ravinder Kumar Soni
I had a tough childhood.
My limits prescribed were narrow,
I did not dare to find
Where to the road from my house led.
Only I knew...
When I die,
People will ask,
What did I gain
By doing good
All my life.
You can say
Overawed, I was
By the promise of
A simple life.
You who knew
I knew I had it in me
To care for and become
Just strong enough
To be with the earth
The air and the sky
At the same time.
...
Softly he spoke
Softly indeed
No one could make out
What he did say
He could speak
With animals and birds
Alike he said;
Through the open...
Who else but I
Could go on to smile
Looking at the wide
Open sky
Vying for its blueness
And deep echo
Till the light of my eyes
Has...