The mind wanders in the rib-caged confines,
For a while on a longish leash, tethered
But fast to the blessed time- post of life;
Never seeking out, ever willing in –
Prisoner, in gratitude imprisoned!
But within him the powerful Spirit lies:
The denier of cloisters; severer
Of tethers; the instant liberator
Beckoning him to cast off the ties
That have eaten into his very soul;
Yet, sedated in incarceration
By its temptations and seductive wiles,
Man seeks not his own soul’s liberation,
But with a mirror clasped in hand, revels
In delusive delights of reflections!
From The Unsung Log by Ronnie Patel (Copyright Ronnie Patel 2007)
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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.
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