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Best Poems From
RANI TURTON
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Strum, Strum Gently and My Heartstrings Sing
Strum, strum gently and my heartstrings sing
A song that comes from deep within
Words that coin their own phrases
And that is how I begin
A terrible ballad of love
I can speak of emotional hiatus
Begin at the beginning and then
Let this song sing about us
Strum gently and let the world fade away
The time I have with you will soon end;
There is a meaning to this interlude,
I have a liftime this heart to mend.
Strum, strum gently, do not pause when
The words do not come;
Thus my heart will continue to beat
And I to this love will succumb.
Rani Turton
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Take This Day As Your Own
Take this day as your own
Trouble and pain loom large
The night brings no comfort
The dawn in silence turns mutely away.
Take this day, no questions asked
Reflecting, analysing and rehearsing
Won't bring you what you most desire
Peace, utter and absolute tranquillity.
Sunrise and rain
Tears and pain
Take this new day as your own
Believe, don't grieve
The seeds have been sown
All will be well
All will be well, my friend.
Rani Turton
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Tears, I Told You To Go Away
I told you, tears, to go away
Not to remain so close to me everyday
To tell the trees and rocks who knew me
That I was as far away as eternity.
My tears were just rivulets of pain
A passion that need to fall like rain;
I could not speak out what I thought:
I could not seek out whom I sought.
My cheeks were wet as on a rainy day
But the sky cloudless, remained dry;
Tears, I told you to please go away
My ineluctable destiny is here to stay.
Copyright: Rani Turton
Rani Turton
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Tears: Mumbai
Third day running
So many people down
Never going to go home
Never going to go home.
Tears in this crowded town
Silence broken by gunshots
Tears in this crowded town
Lives laying themselves down.
At the end of it all
Nothing much to tell
God must be wondering why
We seem to revel in Hell.
Copyright: Rani Turton
Rani Turton
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