Stillness

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The story behind the poem

It was a cloudy afternoon. I was gazing at the dark west sky. I came to behold that the entire sky was not dark; there was a few silver linings too. This gave me an idea to build up a thought that darkness and light walk hand in hand with each other. Milk or the "Milk of Paradise" or ambrosia and gall or poison, rise and fall, ebb and tide, produce a dappled experience in human lives. The birds flutter their wings to return to their nests after the day's work. A rain at the hand produces plenteous joys in every heart.





The poem-- "Stillness"

Milk and gall!
Rise and fall!
Such thoughts do arise;
Behold the dappled skies.
Their fluttering sound
Fills up the mind profound.
Why is everything so still?
Will a storm work and fill?
A rain is in the offing;
Banish baseless bickering
By all of us;
Why feel so harsh?
What we give is what we gain ---
Joy for joy and pain for pain.





The Keywords

Poem, Stillness, milk and gall, rise and fall, thoughts, arise, behold, dappled skies, fluttering sound, fills up, mind profound, still, storm, work and fill, rain, in the offing, banish baseless bickering, feel so harsh, give, gain, joy, pain

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