Fear of Serenity, poetry by Sanu Sharma at Spillwords.com

Fear of Serenity

Fear of Serenity

written by: Sanu Sharma

translated by: Suman Pokhrel

 

Why is this heart so serene?
why aren’t desires bubbling up?
why aren’t dreams taking flight?
why is this heart so quiet?

As if emotions have taken their leave
as if thoughts too have sought their rest.

I’ve been carrying this floundering heart—
always simmering, always aching,
yearning and thrashing
for countless ages.
But of late, it feels
as if this heart has fled from within me.

Why doesn’t it cry out, even when struck?
why doesn’t it writhe in the pursuit of attainment?
why is this heart untouched by the world around?

The eyes are un-moistened; that’s fine,
but why does no sigh of sorrow
slip from the lips of this heart?

I’m gripped
by a quiet dread
from this serenity of my heart.

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