Simple
written by: Dr. Molly Joseph
How simple
life flowed
those days,
with no walls,
walled up
mindsets..
neither phone
nor
power run
gadgets..
people
growing
their own
food..
fishing
or milking
cows..
sparing
ample
for the
calf first..
sleep
came
blissful
after
a day’s
toil…
food
tasted
sweet
fresh
from soil..
earthen
floors
bamboo
roofed
huts
turned
havens
on earth..
if one
home
lacked
food
the others
would
serve..
if one fell
ill
many
there
around
would make
her well..
ha!
gone are
the
days
of yore…
at least,
these
corona
days,
let us
slow down
our pace
tuning
ourselves
to those days
of calm
with awareness
so firm…
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.
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