Revealing inner beauty in words

Rachna Vinod
The poetess in Ratna Koul Bhardwaj listens to her inner self silently and then give words to her thoughts resulting in title of the book like ‘Sound of Silence’. This is a book of impressive 52 poems in English.
‘ Love Thyself’…the very first poem sets the tone of other poems…positive vibes of love, care ,compassion can easily be found in plenty. ‘Hope! The Ultimate Trust’ urges reader not to lose hope whatever be the adversity as ‘ Hope opens the maps, roads, clears doubts’. Very philosophically, the poem ‘ Secrets’ reveal ‘ My existence in different forms’ even though ‘ I am to be kept unknown, unseen’. Communication with God brought out very effectively ‘God Told Me’…’I sent yot with a lovable heart, Filled with unlimited passions’. ‘Beauty’…
Marvelous display of words describing as well as appreciating apparent and hidden inner beauty… philosophy of true beauty indeed. ‘Fragrance of My Soil’ reflects her passionate love for her soil. These are just some of the poems. Her poems describe marvelous display of words appreciating apparent and hidden beauty. Her love for nature reflected abundantly in her poems blends well with spirituality crushing falsehood. During sufferings one feels completely lost but our faith in Supreme Power shows us the path and once again the will to live happily again is revived… a fact brought out impressively. It isn’t easy to combine logics of the mind and sentiments of the heart resulting in soul’stirring poems .The simple words have inspired the poetess to write thoughtful poems. The child in a person doesn’t age with the time… that childlike innocense and purity is kept intact to enjoy and see life as it comes. A person with strong logics like Ratna Koul Bhardwaj can express deep feelings so effortlessly. Only a person true to oneself strives to be better and better…the poetess has impressively brought out the inner conflicts, the challenges, the fear of the change one would face and undergo. Loneliness can be utilised for introspection. Soul connection is very well analysed…
The positivity of thoughts come out so well… whatever be the adverse situation, just take a moment of your life to let it pass and the happiness shall be restored.