THE MYSTIC MARINER

Mystic Mariner contemplates

And quietly waits for the mad waves to disintegrate, 

Doing the best that his mind permits,

Also trying to fix and fit

New and old both with the same anchor,

Goodwill for all, without any traces of rancour,

Adaptable, admirable, affable,

Natural, pleasant and so noble,

Darkness and the wild waves do not intimidate,

Him no one can imitate, 

Intelligently as he sails across the ocean of life, defeating all, 'The Yayati'.

©Madhumita

*Written in honour of Writer/Poet Madan Gandhi ji