Wednesday, October 14, 2015

MY FRIENDS IN NEED


By 

Madhu Rajan



 Say what of soulmates
Own shadow deserts in times dark
 Friends mostly fair weather mates
From sinking ship run rats fast


Forget shadow in my case
Come darkness, it anyway vanishes
My own limbs often listen not
Nor heed to my wishes


Drag slowly when walk I need
Stand still when run I plead
Arms appealed, refuse to lift,  
Willful fingers resist to knead

Oh my dear heating pad
And dearer painkillers too!
Whatever would have happened 
Had I not found the two!

My rescue by the two
In my mind never in doubt
Unlike friends n family who
May not hear me shout

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