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Wednesday, 13 April 2016
Home of Memories
I have left my heart
In Pahalgam*
Lidder’s**
wild songs
Have stolen my soul
I cached my dreams
In pine forest
On the mountain slope
I let myself
Be Beauty struck
In this fantasy land
Where every drop of life
Is sculpted from Charm
They eddy in the mind
I’ve brought them home
Where I have been living
With memories alone
*a popular tourist destination in Kashmir
**a river in Kashmir
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The "alone" in the end is so poignant... such a beautiful picture of Pahalgam.
ReplyDeleteLife can get so bogged down but we can be revived by living memories. Beauty is your captive in this poem
ReplyDeleteSigh.. your poem makes me yearn for that wonderful place known as heaven on earth. Exquisite write.
ReplyDeleteLots of love,
Sanaa
So beautiful, Sumana. I so well know the feeling of visiting such beauty, and bringing the memories back to live within me. I have heard so often that Kashmir is "heaven on earth".
ReplyDeleteSome places stay with us forever. This is so beautiful and soothing :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful write! There is a sense of poignancy at the end that makes this piece sing for me
ReplyDeleteYes! So gorgeous and I love this:
ReplyDelete"every drop of life
Is sculpted from Charm
They eddy in the mind"
So true.
memories, you want to bring home are worth a thousand experiences. I luv the photo you teamed with your poem
ReplyDeleteHave a nice Wednesday Sumana, i'm happy you dropped in to read mine
much love...
Living with memories can be a very rich life, don't you think?
ReplyDeleteThese memories are food for the soul. How beautiful this place, your words and the wistful feel I get.
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautiful, I think we all have so place from our past that we retain memories that are so precious.
ReplyDeleteOh, Oh! Yes, I have heard that land is that beautiful, and your poem spreads its magic. Praise be for making memories there.
ReplyDeleteIt is nice that you have brought this beautiful place home, Sumana! May these beautiful memories live within you forever.
ReplyDeleteAah... heavenly Kashmir has you smitten!!
ReplyDeleteLovely, Sumana. Memories cherished are everything.
ReplyDeleteLove the lyrical lines:
ReplyDelete'I cached my dreams
In pine forest'
A delightful poem.
Very beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of caching dreams - it feels like keeping them safe - for when we need to re-visit them
ReplyDeleteLovely memories !
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautiful and eloquent. I imagine it being recited softly and rhythmically ... as it is haunting. "I have left my heart
ReplyDeleteIn Pahalgam" - what a wistful, emotive beginning.
Memories of places stay with us long after the visit is over. The ocean and the mountains speak to me. Lovely flow of words.
ReplyDeleteYes, like all special things, we keep them at home.
ReplyDeleteMemories of a special place, perhaps made even more beautiful by the people we shared it with can sustain us through our memories, Sumana. Delicate and beautiful write!
ReplyDeleteThere is something about that word, "alone?" Always gets my attention. Makes me wonder?
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