VATSALA RADHAKEESOON - POEMS

Born in Mauritius in 1977, Vatsala Radhakeesoon is the author of the poetry books When Solitude Speaks (2013) and Depth of the River ( July 2017).
She is the representative of Immagine and poesia (Italy based literary artistic movement) for Mauritius.
Her works also regularly appear in online literary journals, magazines and blogs such as Setu, Indiana Voice Journal, Dissident Voice , Tuck Magazine , Destiny Poets and others.
Vatsala is currenly self-employed and continues to write poems in English, Kreol, French and Hindi.

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​O Music!

​O Music!
You stir the soul
with the naked truth,
You speak directly to heartbeats
by embedding in them
the depth of feelings,
You stimulate the mind
to reflect without bonds
O Music!
You dare,
You care,
You shout,
“Beware!”

O Music!
What would I have been
without you?
Surely aimless,
Certainly zeal-less,
Undoubtedly lost
in darkness
O Music!
Unimaginable is a life
without you,
because every atom
in me feels
that you are in me,
I am in you,

O Music!
Separated we can never be,
Intertwined like two passionate lovers,
we are unadulterated  eternal  oneness.

Celestial Flute , Celestial Guitar

​Celestial flute
Celestial guitar
through the river-mirror
glance at planet Earth

At workplaces
At home
Everywhere
Stress has cast
its dark spell

Then, Celestial flute
Celestial guitar
in fusion
play some
soothing,
calming
therapeutic
music
plunging human hearts
in some deep
rejoicing relaxation.

Song of the Hearts

​Melodious music
Metrical lyrics
Mystical tune
add up harmoniously
to your heartbeats
among the hits-list
My head on your chest
I’m about to express some
writer’s wit
Some deep, warm thought
but your loving stare
holds my breath
You sing to me
the philosophy of love
a song heard, unheard
amidst life
 juggling with moods

Our lessons learnt
Egos, whims destroyed
Peacefully, wisely
our hearts sing
at the rhythm of maturity
the eternal song
of unfailing sincerity.