तुलसीरमण की कविताएं

Summary

A poem titled "Sapna" (Dream) opens the text, describing a swan that appears in sleep and a dream that can put even the waking to sleep, only to depart like a heron. The speaker reflects on staying awake in the heron's sorrow while the swan moves through the dark waters of time. Black ants are described under white umbrellas, and mushrooms on green grass, with silence stretching far. After many days, the sun emerges as a guest, shining on the earth's forehead with distinct, clear colors. In the sunlight, each blade of grass descends, and ants begin to swim in a water reservoir formed by animal hooves. Life floats in the dark waters of time amidst the bright colors of the afternoon. The text then shifts to a poem titled "Pandoh" by Vikas Buddhi. It describes how intelligence has blocked the path of the ever-flowing blue-white river, stopping it midway. The song of water has frozen like a blood clot in the earth's artery. The Vipasha river of sage Vashishtha is bound, trembling in anger. A deep green lake smolders slowly within, covered in ash—the fire of stones. The entire body crumbles, and the soul silently keeps cracking. The text concludes with a citation from Jain Bharati, May 2001.