Poems

IMPULSE [POEM]

autumn poems about life
Written by Kiran Jhamb

Later in life –

Does it dissolve

Or

Is it volatile?

– But it does disappear

The impulse to communicate.

The speech events

You learn to greet with silence

Since you are in your autumn.

Yes, yes. Otherwise

You will be labelled odd.

Swallow your words

Bite your tongue

You are no more young

And, therefore foolish.

Foolish to hope, dream

Or feel wanted.

Flit, skip, don’t let it stick.

Kicked away it dies

No more highs or lows

A nauseating plateau.

Sticking a synthetic smile

You pass mile after mile,

Keeping quiet about not being senile,

Till the final stile.

Then blessedly

The need to communicate is gone.

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