Thursday, July 31, 2008

Requiem of a Dreamer

Should I come to life today?

Or wait for you to speak

In monosyllables of negligence

No. Not today.

I may as well play the dead

For some more time.

And then you shall pass

Not like the gale

Not the breeze

Only a fleeting thought

From a lonely night

When the candle tired

Of peeping into lives

Through the hollows in the wall

We call windows

Blew out cold.


Let it pass.

This feather of thought

And glide to some place

Where it finds a tomb

Then I shall rise

Enlightened

And Wise

To claim my piece of land.

I shall haunt your joint no more

Or kill to show I care

Or wallow in some forest deep

Greener by my tears.

I shall leave as silently

As I should have come then

“What the Eyes pledge

The Lips cheat” -

will read my requiem.



photo: gettyimages.com


23 comments:

P said...

I am so captured at the surreal effect this has had on me...Kudos to you...Blogrolling you...

Anonymous said...

fabulous imagery! leaves behind a haunting feeling....
hoping more of such poems from u

gypsy said...

leaves a trail of hurt and pain...but well written....

b/w I see you have or yet to read Crime and punishment, eh! I am starting it too...

the rest I havn't heard of, so guess I gotta note down sm names here :)

thnx for droppin by!

Dio said...

leaves the reader uneasy... aarrghhh, wut is it i'm feeling!?

awesome piece of work, dude...

Sach1 said...

before you think anything, I am not talking about you :) you are a male...hai na to bas it's for someone unidentified :D

will come back in even to read the post...in class right now :))

Sach1 said...

"In monosyllables of negligence"
I know that feeling..very well!
I began reading this on a lighter note but now you have left me all gloomy..Anyways for you, it's all part of life n when things go such, we need to LEARN to move on!
:)
Tk Care!

What's In A Name ? said...

# priya - was meant to be a mindless rant. U surprise me. :) Thankx.

# flotsam -u vaant more darling ??? Will get ur plates full in no time. :P

# d.s - thnkx. yet to read Crime & Punishment. U bttr post areview after readin it. :)

# dio - 'uneasily awesome'?? :P hat's some compliment! and NOVEL! :D Thnkx.

# sachi- thnk uuu.

man in painting said...

"Through the hollows in the wall
We call windows"
so happy to be here...
great..
i could easily travel through the terrain you selected..
as you said we both loved the same tracks..
luvly..
me post daily
one 'notapoem'
a pescription from someone!
do come
lol
MIP

Macadamia The Nut said...

Whew!!!! I loved it!!! Somehow the image tied up so beautifully too!

"Through the hollows in the wall
We call windows"
...Brilliant!

What's In A Name ? said...

# m.i.p - A poem a day....was one of my unrealized ambitions too. sigh

# mac -Thankooooz. :)

Whats in a name.......... said...

i just love your poems!!!!!!

What's In A Name ? said...

# namesake - thts a swell compliment!
I am floored. :)

Rashi said...

hmmm...flood of thoughts...I'll survive

What's In A Name ? said...

# rashi- U know swimming, then .

Llama said...

the photo and the poem...they fit so well :)

dropping by after quite a while. you haven't lost your touch.

AshenGlow said...
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AshenGlow said...

I fell in love with it when i read the first line...
and over and over again for the few seconds that followed.
Who says one cant fall in love 33 times.
I just did.
And heres my poetry.

What's In A Name ? said...

# poojo.c- yes, yes. :( u don't visit at all these days.

# ashenglow- You make me feel like writing more. *sigh*....that I can't, it seems.

WritingsForLife said...

As Always: Wonderful :-)

Preeti Sharma said...

Beautiful imagery. Darker thoughts. Brilliant!

little boxes said...

slightly discomforting...leaves behind an uneasy sad feeling in some obscure corner of the mind...
job well done!

What's In A Name ? said...

# raaji- as always. Encouraging you are. :) Thankz.

# preeti - thankz.

# l.b - Congrats to me. Thankz to u. :)

Kush said...

That was a nice poem. The imagery was great like always. Nice one overall.