A man who has
The heavens reached
And yet not grubbed
In the dust,
A man who has
Done his passions’ bid
And yet not
Revelled in lust,
Is of a breed as rare
As the winged steed,
Fleet of foot and
Free as the wind,
Rare as the bird
Who never flies,
Or the saint who
Has never sinned;
Yet, I am he,
Once fed with illusions,
Now free
Of heavens, of dust,
Of passions, of lust,
Of breed, of speed
Of the winged steed,
Of the freedom
Of the wind,
Of all the saints
And all the sin –
I am he,
A simple man, free!
From Island Poems by Ronnie Patel (Lotus Print ISBN 81-88451-02-09 C.Right Author)
About Me
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- Ronnie Patel
- Viimsi (Tallinn), Harjumaa, Estonia
- Born in Bombay prior to independence of India from the British, Ronnie Patel spent several years of his life in London of the fifties and sixties. During that time and since, sometimes in turn, sometimes concomitantly, he became company executive, businessman: fashion garments and poultry farming, actor, film-maker, writer and poet. He has lived and travelled extensively round the world for business and pleasure, and has been an exemplary generalist. Except for the occasional forays, he retired from active corporate and business life well over a decade ago, even to shed, at last, the ubiquitous euphemism: consultant. Among his other interests, which include scuba-diving, golf and bridge he has recently taken up oil painting.
