ANIAMMA JOSEPH

Aniamma Joseph

A MAN WITH MANY FACES

I saw a man

With many faces—

Beautiful, ugly, cruel and kind,

With many animals in him—

Lamb, ox, deer, and lion

Tender, soft, warm and generous

Cruel, hard, cold and stingy

I was shocked

At the contradictions

The man stood before me—

In a mirror—

It was I!

A SEA WITHIN A POOL

Why do you long, my heart,

For things visionary and unreal?

Why do you dream, my feeler,

For a will-o’-the –wisp?

I never knew you hid

A sea of desires in you

How could I never know

A fathomless ocean, conceled?

A sea within a pool, a current

Strong beneath the stagnant tranquility

How could I feel, act and react

Enough to feel the pricks on my soul?

Your vagaries marvel me,

Too delicate not to feel hurt

Had I but a heart shallow

Too numbed to be moved!

    Dr.Aniamma Joseph