Journey (Theme # 35 Picture # 26)

The journey a bride take to the bridegrooms place after marriage was considered the most important journey of her life in the last century. The bride traveled in a palanquin and many artists and poets have captured the essence of this journey.Here is my creation under this theme with a poem 'The Palanquin Bearers' written by one of India's famous poets, Sarojini Naidu.The poem talks of the journey from the point of view of the palanquin bearers.

Lightly, O lightly we bear her along,
She sways like a flower in the wind of our song;
She skims like a bird on the foam of a stream,
She floats like a laugh from the lips of a dream.
Gaily, O gaily we glide and we sing,
We bear her along like a pearl on a string.

Softly, O softly we bear her along,
She hangs like a star in the dew of our song;
She springs like a beam on the brow of the tide,
She falls like a tear from the eyes of a bride.
Lightly, O lightly we glide and we sing,
We bear her along like a pearl on a string.