Stillness

I zoned out, from the noise and the crowd,

From the world outside 

To sit in, within walls impervious 

To drown the voices of chaos 

Of disruption and delusion .

I zoned out, snapping the last wire of the grid

To escape the deluge of data and numbers 

The timelines and the timed quests, 

The hankering for hidden treasures 

I zoned out from the over speeding and the rush-hour highways

To just take a deep breath 

To feel the moment of stillness - to enjoy the suspension and the gravity of time, the floating and anchoring,

I zoned out, to be alone from a world indifferent to pain and death, 

To build my sanctum of space 

Just to pause, ponder and reflect...

In words and verses, I was the lone, wandering soul

Till  one big bang of a  universe recreates in tandav and lasya, 

The rhythms flow into my soul like music 

The expression of frozen time finds the wings of poetic ecstasy!

Uma.S 

03/08/2025