Sunday, January 1, 2023

The Diver


Once asked, to a diver, who,

Touched bottom of the sea,

What it saw therein, beneath?

A treasure or map or living tree?

 

Out of diver's captured experiences,

In the roll what’s projected on walls;

Skipped, until basal became conspicuous, 

At such beneath too, ‘emptiness!’, diver called.

 

The diver didn't see tranquility of sea,

Nor creatures enduring the finest depth;

Rather chose to define as desolated melancholy,

And said, floating above who, have more strength!

 

In search of void, discovered void,

As it’s for the diver, how the World meets.

© Pranav Chaturvedi 2022