Ulysses, I remember u!
The love for adventure that u are;
The quest for newer horizons
Untiring, unyielding, willful heart,
An eager soul that never got quenched.
Your national pride didn’t stain your mind;
Nor did the golden strings of your kin;
Tears dare not tear away your years of fulfillment.
I too had your spirit inside........once on a long past..
I found boats untied and driven away,
Oars broken and thrown to depths,
And swim, shamefully I never knew...
I stay back in the island which you left for good
I have the sweet company of people
Who blindly worship the ‘unequal laws ’.
Gratitude gurgles in most part of my days
I enjoy being the tamed wild beast of Ithaca.
I have buried alive a soul inside
The ghost of which escapes secretly
To give me pain, to watch me wither
I live in constant fear.
A weakling though,
With lack of character,
My poor soul makes me remember you,
And often do I wonder
What you found on your way?
What I could possibly have found,
Now the glimpses at least would please me
To think of a lost journey, a lost life
Ulysses , remembering you, I live back in time.
