Monday, January 18, 2010

Peace

The road is quiet
Patches of dry tar
Patches of clear sky
A faint scent of eucalyptus
Dim streetlamp
A lone man stands
Peacefully smoking
Occasional puff of smoke
Content with himself
Looking at the sky
A parked car
As though sleeping
To wake up at dawn
And break the spell
But for now,
The road is quiet

3 comments:

Scarecrow said...

this poem makes me real uneasy....

Unknown said...

the recurring motif of streets and streetlights is interesting to observe

HellBound but Still Divine said...

@aneesh: yes, i thought of all three poems while walking [peace and peace II on the same road in fact and in those conditions]