On superannuating self

Trifling tremors ,now appear
down the hand of Sun's classic clock
and the shadow is quite flat
behind the ghost .

Mellowed self the Titan finds
the courtiers too cornering off,
voice to lull ,some sighs squirm
Yet whacky turn commands.

Old pigeon along the roof
hints shallows imminent move
the old Titan yet defer to feel
come so many questioning reels

And the time goes on.

Dr. R. P. Singh, Professor of English at the Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Lucknow, Lucknow.