Empty Pots

Empty Pots

written by: Dr. Molly Joseph

they flash
and float
in the flux
the medley
of life…

faces, voices
engrossed in
their own
worlds
a passing
smile,
a word
or if lucky
you get
the glint of
recognition
igniting
a kind of
bonding…

transient
greetings,
guffaws,
gossips..

soon
the ebb
is gone…

which face
recognises
you as you?
your paltry
self
filled with
forebodings
your thoughts,
your feelings,
your essential
self that
seeks a plane
of understanding
transparent
tender, caring…

a reader
who delves
deep through
you
fathoming
depths…
making you
the text
to decode…

who has time?
can you
do it for
your friend?
your thumb
reverts back
at you…

Yes, we pass aside
brushing over
things,
water falling
splashing over
tumbled,
empty pots
that await
filling up
in vain…

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Dr Molly Joseph

Dr. Molly Joseph is a professor, poet from Kerala, she has had her Doctorate in Post War American Poetry. Much anthologised, she travels worldwide, writes travelogues, short stories and story books for children. She has published 17 books,13 books of poems, a novel and a story book for children. Her latest work, "Songs of Silence" was released on 14th of May, 2022. She has won several accolades which include Galaxy Award for Experimental Poetry 2019, India Women Achiever’s Award 2020, and the Yannan Gold Medal The Outanding Poet Award from Yanan Literary Society, China 2021. She believes in the power of the word and writes boldly on matters that deal with the contemporary.

Latest posts by Dr Molly Joseph (see all)

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