The Ripple Effect 

When illusion throws
pebbles in the lake 
the silent water stirred 
the swan of soul suffers 
Mind runs to re-arrange the thought 
like victim on a blast site 

The swan wants to fly
but ripples hold it tight
Like ambitions
Like desires
Catch hold of the man
And never leave him till end.

Ramkishore Upadhyay
18.10.2013