Selene: A Poem

By Mallikarjun B. Mulimani

"Introduction

Raj has AIDS.

His time on earth is short.

He lives in a metro – is rich – but has had enough of its hustle and bustle early in life.

He wants to die in peace in a beautiful environment.

He comes to know of an ideal village set in an idyllic atmosphere.

Raj lands in the village and is immediately befriended by city educated Viktor and his beautiful daughter Selene who has come back from the city after graduation to help her father in securing the village’s future in education.

The father and daughter duo draw closer to Raj even though they know he has AIDS and placate the villagers by educating them about the disease when they become agitated about Raj coming to stay in their midst in the final stages of his disease.

They had given him shelter in a comfortable room attached to their home when he was healthy enough and Selene brings him into the guestroom inside her home when his condition worsens and tends to him with love while Viktor watches with tears in his eyes.

All this happens when love is blossoming between the reluctant Raj and determined Selene in the beautiful ambience of woods, lake and fields.

Unconditional love."

• Language: English
• Publisher: One Point Six Technologies Pvt Ltd
• Release date: Dec 14, 2017
• ISBN: 9789352019854

Mallikarjun B. Mulimani

MALLIKARJUN B. MULIMANI is a versatile writer. He writes novellas, novels, and long and short poems including haikus. His books and style of writing, where brevity is the hallmark, influenced by his engineering background, are unique and highly acclaimed. His writings are crisp, carrying a theme and a message making them highly readable. So far, he has twenty-five books to his credit. They revolve around diverse themes: the psychology of humans and their milieu, God, love, sex, religion, the realization of self, life and death. They often touch the metaphysical domain.

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Introduction

Raj has AIDS.

His time on earth is short.

He lives in a metro – is rich – but has had enough of its hustle and bustle early in life.

He wants to die in peace in a beautiful environment.

He comes to know of an ideal village set in an idyllic atmosphere.

Raj lands in the village and is immediately befriended by city educated Viktor and his beautiful daughter Selene who has come back from the city after graduation to help her father in securing the village’s future in education.

The father and daughter duo draw closer to Raj even though they know he has AIDS and placate the villagers by educating them about the disease when they become agitated about Raj coming to stay in their midst in the final stages of his disease.

They had given him shelter in a comfortable room attached to their home when he was healthy enough and Selene brings him into the guestroom inside her home when his condition worsens and tends to him with love while Viktor watches with tears in his eyes.

All this happens when love is blossoming between the reluctant Raj and determined Selene in the beautiful ambience of woods, lake and fields.

Unconditional love.

It is simple

It is beautiful

Birthed is a sense of calm

Inside

Those who behold it

And blossoms

To bring about

Harmony

For they deserve it.

The dawn

Childish sun

Doesn’t burn,

Quietly

In a golden hue

Brings to sight,

Drops of dew

On a fresh blade

Of grass,

Beauty new.

The bud

Is excited

By the flower

Which attracts

Morning guests,

Beautiful butterflies

And buzzing bees,

But

It is not its time yet.

The mist has vanished

After having thrown

A modest veil

Over the early morning’s

Sublime thrills

Which leads one

To peer

And wonder

What exactly lies yonder.

By a village

Is a lake pristine

Blue and crystal clear

Surrounded by woods lush green,

Tall and broad trees

Soldier the woodland

And the lake,

It seems like

Fairies are shimmering in water droplets

When a stone is thrown into the lake

And hold us in stupor

Until we once