DESIRE AND LUST
As the name
of the poem suggests the poetry is all about desire and lust. Human wants are
endless and it seems to be very difficult to difference between Desires and
Lusts. In the poem, the poetess is in love with a man whose eyes are being personified
as the oceans, but apparently the man is taken! And she realizes that ‘she does
not own the oceans ‘. The sun whose dies on the ocean every evening and again
is reborn from the ocean the morning forming the color of the rust is compared
to the woman who owns the ocean.
We often
visit the shores to either view a sun rise or the sun set and not to view a
Moon rise or moon set. Hence the poetess compare herself to the moon.
(The poem is a free verse and does not follow any rhyme shame.)
DESIRE AND LUST
My heart desires to swim,
in those beautiful oceans
which owns it.
My heart desires to just,
Simply continue to gaze into
those beautiful currents
which seems to have no end!
My heart desires to feel,
those jumping and rushing
waves that have washed
away all my pain!
My heart desires to sit
by the shallows,
feeling the breeze...
But I desire to explain
My heart, ‘you don’t own them’
The ocean is just a lust;
Upon which only the sun is
permitted to rust.
and the Moon to just feel desperate
-Shreya Rajashekhar
Your writing made me think differently...👏
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this poem on desire and lust. It's a powerful reminder of the depth of human longing and the challenge of discerning between true desire and fleeting lust. I appreciated the way the poetess used the metaphor of the ocean and the sun to explore these themes. The imagery of the jumping and rushing waves that have washed away all pain was particularly striking. I look forward to reading more from this talented writer.
ReplyDeletebeautiful piece of poetry about desire and lust. I loved how you used metaphors to convey the emotions and the theme. Have you written any other poetry on similar themes? Or have you explored other themes in your writing? Keep up the good work!
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