Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Not meant to mean a thing.

Siblings of my tortured soul

Dancing to their grave.

Dragging feet on Existence

Life and Death fondle Pretense

The butcher comes out brave.



Every stare dipped in drug

Tethered to some sorrow.

Tranquil tremors mock at me

Apprehensions peep to see

Will there be ‘tomorrow’ ?



Sinking voices clutter thought

Mindless masks in place.

Lust-drunk fingers feel for her

Stealing across barbed wire

She blushes half-undressed.




20 comments:

... said...

And how did you know that I like meaningless things?

:)

Nymphaea Caerulea said...

Nice...

Nabanita said...

Nice blog...

& why there is hidden pain in these poems?

ArSENik said...

Nothing relays a sense of loss more than an abrupt end. Good. Keep writing.

Antigone said...

not meant to mean a thing...but has a curious swing...a linguistic signet ring...:D

Llama said...

Lovely. You really are a touching-poem producing machine.

WritingsForLife said...

I just have to like the last stanza. How do you write so well? :-)

Macadamia The Nut said...

Sounds profoud :O I hate you for being able to write like this ;)

Bone said...

thankyou for your comment, you're a lovely writer too :)

and if i'm not mistaken, you also happen to be the friendwhowritesreallywell poushali had been telling me about. does that mean anything to you?

What's In A Name ? said...

# clouds- Good then. I will have a permanent reader for my plethora of rubbish from now on. I have loads of them.

# caerulea - Thanks.


# Nabanita- thanks.

"pain is but a pilgrimage". Isn't it ?


# arsenik- Glad that you noticed the 'abrupt end'. Was an experiment on 'effect'. :)

# antigone-

Dearest damsel take one look.
No ring but hollow greets
A poison passion I partook
My road with Nowhere meets.



# P.C- I hope 'touching' remains the operative word here. :) Thanks again.


# raaji- The secret is to keep scribbling I guess. :)


# mac- You do better than this. Don't come down the stairs, Dear Lady. :D


# QLST - Thanks for your visit.

"lovely writer" is an over statement, I am sure.

You havn't mistaken me for somebody else. I am that 'him'. :)

And yes, it means something to me and, I presume, to you to. For me its 'surprise'. For you, I guess, 'an avoidable serendipity'.

:)

Bone said...

hahah this comment conversation is bizarre. if you had replied on water i'd have written this there, but i'm a little scared of replying comments on thecityinjuly because if i replied one i'd have to reply them all and i don't have enough words for that.

anyway. nice meeting you. and no that wasn't an overstatement =)

... said...

Permanent reader? Yes

Plethora of rubbish? Hell,no! I think you're being too modest.

What's In A Name ? said...

# QLST - Ever thought of a good "thanks" for the appreciative masses ? That would do it, I am sure. :)

Keep blogging!


# clouds - I will test you with some very soon then. ( A devilish smile)

Poorna Banerjee said...

beautiful.

ad libber said...

I will comment on the only thing I feel safe with, the structure of the poem. Meanings are often lost on me.

"Tranquil tremors"
would it be an oxymoron? They throw an amazing impact on the line.

Still awaiting that one happy poem

What's In A Name ? said...

# panudi- Dhonnobaad. random chhilo ekkebaarey! :)


# ad libber- Yesss yessss. That would be an oxymoron. May be a bit of a contradiction too. And tell you what....it was done just for making that little 'impact'.

And 'happy poem' ?? Well I posted that 'room on fire', 'climber growing up my wall', 'curtain's call' etc etc . See, you don't even notice . :(

de trop said...

pessimistic.
and yes.. are you scared of death?

What's In A Name ? said...

# mishtizaa - Pessimistic ? Why..yes. That's my 'trait', so people say.
I disagree though.

And scared of death ? well, theres a couple of duties to deliver on and then I won't be. I am just scared of leaving much to ask for actually.

Thanks for your comments.
Keep blogging!

Bone said...

"thanks" makes me feel unpleasantly cool, somehow. who am i tosay just thanks for somany well-thought reactions? i'm not accepting the oscar or something, that people are just "masses". so, ofcourse, idon't reply. haha. i'm weird xD

and doyou askfor permission before linking each person? and who has ever said no?

What's In A Name ? said...

# QLST - the first explanation is ....ummmm....'novel'.

And yes, I generally ask for permission before linking up a blog. And I make exceptions (in not asking before linking) in cases where the owner is either too infrequent or too indifferent to pay any heed to such requests.