The
            Poetry of Abhay Kumar


            

              

                

                  
Impressions
              
              

                

                  
It's
                  a beautiful evening
              
              

                

                  
Shadow...
              
            


            


            Impressions
            



            I was always there

            As the blowing wind

            Or the falling leaves,

            As the shining sun

            Or the flowing streams,

            As the chirping birds

            Or the blooming buds,

            As the blue sky

            Or the empty space

            I was never born

            I did not die…

            
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It's
            a beautiful evening

            
It's a beautiful evening and

            You are sitting at home

            While I walk in the streets alone

            Thinking of you

            
The sky is turning red and

            Cold wind blows into my face

            Trees stand by in silence

            And birds fly back home

            While I walk in the streets alone

            
I am going to the café

            As we always used to go

            Walking side by side

            While the Sun went down

            Now I miss you by my side

            While I walk in the streets alone

            
It's a beautiful evening and

            You are sitting at home

            While I walk in the streets alone

            Thinking of you

            
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Shadow...

            
You are nothing but a shadow

            Of the man you used to be

            Something unknown hollowed you!

            
Where are your principles?

            Not to let the power be abused

            To defend the underdog!

            
Where are your convictions?

            In equality liberty and fraternity

            A better future for all!

            
Where are your ideals?

            To achieve beauty and truth

            In your words and actions!

            
Where are those promises..

            You made to yourself ?

            To guard the interests of those voiceless

            On whose behalf you speak!

            
Where is that courage to stand up?

            Against the wrongs

            Where is that zeal to serve?

            
You have sold your soul

            And you are nothing but a shadow

            Of the man you used to be!

            
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            Abhay Kumar was born in Nalanda district in Eastern
            India in 1980. He was educated at Delhi University(DU) and Jawaharlal
            Nehru University(JNU)in New Delhi.He joined the Indian Foreign
            Service(IFS) in 2003 and was posted to Moscow in 2005.



            He is a writer-poet-diplomat and is currently serving India as
            Consul of India in St. Petersburg, Russia.

            
He is the author of "
            Enlightenment- Poems for heart,mind and soul"- a collection
            of more than a hundred poems that have been read and appreciated
            the world over. His poems "Smitten by Green" &
            "I Believe" have been published by the Forward Press,
            UK in two separate anthologies titled" Natural Spirit"
            edited by Michelle Afford(2006) and" A Moment of Déjà
            vu " edited by Annabel Cook(2007). His poems "Hero",
            "Child within me" & "It's never too late to
            try again" have been published by Bolokids.com, a poetry
            website for the children.

            
His latest book "River
            Valley to Silicon Valley"-Story of three generations of
            an Indian family; has been published by Bookwell India in May
            2007.Since then it has been translated in Russian and Hindi.
            It is also being translated in Korean language.