THE LIGHTHOUSE - Poem for Gautama Buddha

He sat
focussed on the questions
of life
determined not to get up until
he had the answers
A dark, dense shadow
seeped out of his body
and stained the earth
He became a light source
for millions to be guided by
for two and a half millennia

Written on 30/03/2008

About This Poem

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Country/Region: IND

Favorite Poets: Apart from Walt Whitman, the poet, there are a range of painters who have made a great impact on my work and life. Painters such as Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Mark Rothko, Vincent Van Gogh and a host of others.

Comments

Ian.T

10 years 11 months ago

Leonard

That the title gave the purpose of the poem or write then I think that the poem on its own would have failed.
I am sure you could depict many of the good things about Buddha so that the title could have been just "The Lighthouse"
Just my mind not seeing after the title, where is the intrigue, the specific lilt of his ways without title.
Yours Ian.T

Leonard

10 years 11 months ago

EXACTLY MY THOUGHTS

However I wrote this somewhere around 2007. Unfurtunately I have lost the connect. So I am not sure whether I will be able to make the necessary changes.

Thanks anyway the your insightful comments.

Leonard

weirdelf

10 years 11 months ago

look above the title

there is an 'Edit' tab. Click it, make changes, save. The old version is not lost and you can compare versions.
That's what Neopoet is about, we grow poems, not set them in stone mausoleums.