Poem-To Salvia S, India--26Jan2025

26 January 2025

                                        TO SALVIA S, INDIA

                                        (mypoeticside.com)

“Ships that pass in the night and speak each other in passing,

Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness;

So, on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another,

Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.”

                                                        --H. W. Longfellow (1817-1882)

Part 1

In the lonely digital world

Of mypoeticside

Dot

Com

Thou were the only

Human

Who wished me for the new year 2025…

The only human in seven billion…

Part 2

Thy message :

“Best wishes that the year 2025

brings good health, success in every endeavour,

 and joy to you and the entire family and friends. 

May the New Year bring forth for you

and your dear ones unlimited Hope,

immense Joy, abundance of Peace,

Prosperity and wonderful New Beginnings

 to elevated thoughts, words and deeds.

 I wish you a Happy, Purposeful

and Vibrant New Year 2025.”

Those were thy words,

Poetess…

Part 3

Here be they inscrib’d again

In poetry form…

My reply was :

« Thank you very much.

You are the only one who wished me

for the new year 2025 ! »

Part 4

On the ocean of this life,

We signal to each other

In the ethereal world of the Internet…

One day our absence will be notic’d :

We would have stopp’d posting,

By reason of lapsing into some void… 

With time,

Even our postings here

Will be eras’d…

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--Soman Ragavan

26 January, 2025

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