CONFINEMENT


Life has become so confined,

I'm living in a dark prison.

The tiniest crack of light

is like a glimpse of God.

I'm an insomniac lying in bed;

waiting for the first bird to sing,

watching the grey sky

through the small window.

My mind runs over the events of past days

as if a video player has been

fixed in my mind;

Some scenes are seen over and over again.

Dance of death all over the earth

With a gripping anxiety, waiting for my turn,

I'm eager to embrace death

but not in this cruel way.

Pandemic knows no arithmetic,

Maybe it's a unique punishment

for all our crimes against nature;

Life's lamp is flickering.

Nothing left to dream,

Life has taught me a lot.

Yet, the present is trying to say,

what I have learnt is not enough!



B.S.Saroja is from Bangalore, Karnataka, India is 67 now. She is a post graduate in literature, graduate in Science and a diploma holder in Commerce. She has worked as Personal Secretary to the Managing Director of a business organization for ten years. She is a bilingual writer. She has written essays, short stories, poems and is a published author. Her writings have been published in different magazines, periodicals. She has written over two thousand English poems in different forms. They have been published in many poetry anthologies, Poetry books. To name a few.. "She" Infinite and Beyond, "Splash" The unremitting Drizzle ,"Pebbles" Crystal of feelings, "The Brimming Bards" "Trouvaille" Medley of Poetic Beads ,"Illusive Hearts" etc.,