Kim's photograph of Wroclaw, Poland (The challenge is to write a poem about a city at night at dVerse)
night resides in lonely streets,
in dark corners and alleys,
but then it resides in the splendours
of an illumined metropolis too;
inside well-lit windows
heated debates on air,
nice dinner, kids
raising questions,
life-insurance advertisements,
offended WhatsApp groups---
confused over controversies and information---
from the window city glows,
thresholds melt into each other;
like the city, night too is complicated
and here life gets complicated
finding boundary lines;
when its buildings glow in light
the river side by reflect
thresholds melting into each other,
and night resides here---in sleep or wake?
I love the atmosphere you've created in this poem, Sreeja, with the contrast of 'dark corners and alleys' and 'splendours / of an illumined metropolis'. I especially like the way you have gone through the windows to the people inside the city.
ReplyDeleteI specially like this part because for me night blurs it all:
ReplyDeleteand here life gets complicated
finding boundary lines;
Thanks for joining us Sreeja ~
Wow! Quite a composition you built.
ReplyDelete...then you top it all of with, "and night resides here---in sleep or wake?"
thresholds melting into each other,
ReplyDeleteand night resides here---in sleep or wake?
Very well sums up the gaiety of activities when awake through the nights aside from those fast asleep!
Hank