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Dec 5, 2009

Scorned

In measure of time, a tiny scar.
Scares me with the "staring abyss", away from which I want to Walk.
Walk I would, but my memory cements those dark velvety churns..
Churns control me, I float, drift or perhaps, walk in a quicksand..

Sandwhiched between self loathe and rage.
Raging for retribution, as I am roasted by a fury from within,
Within also flickers a flame of hope,that I would respond and not react.
Act only because I want. Prove its just I won't, not I can't.

Can't yet climb back on the pedestal, without a final kick..
Kicking hard to get the slush off, from my mind and feet.

7 comments:

  1. Really nice! I'd not got it the first time around. Was going to leave it at that. Glad, gave it a second attempt.

    I understand the predicament here of choosing between inaction/indifference as dictated by our moral virtue and rational reasoning, v/s the reaction guided by the fear of considering oneself as powerless. Brilliant! I think this struggle forms the basis of a vast majority of our decisions - right from something as trivial as whether to leave that sarcastic remark in response to someone's comment on blog to whether nuke a 'weaker' country or not! ;) TC.

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  2. glad u got it:)perhaps i should have highlighted the lines ..

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  3. It's not only about highlighting. Genuine understanding of poetry usually takes a lot of hardwork. Many people praise especially poetry without understanding the central idea. Of course, many people WRITE it without a central idea! :)

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  4. It's not only about highlighting. Genuine understanding of poetry usually takes a lot of hardwork. Many people praise especially poetry without understanding the central idea. Of course, many people WRITE it without a central idea! :)

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  5. It's not only about highlighting. Genuine understanding of poetry usually takes a lot of hardwork. Many people praise especially poetry without understanding the central idea. Of course, many people WRITE it without a central idea! :)

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  6. hmmm isn't there a contradiction
    "understanding of poetry usually takes a lot of hardwork" vs "many people WRITE it without a central idea!" :)
    and sometimes the purpose might be to not reveal the central idea..
    its fun to paint for the pleasure of painting, even if it results in a technically poor painting..

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  7. When I said 'understanding "poetry"', I implicitly meant one with an idea to it. ;)

    And I was talking of that kind of poetry without central idea, which would've not even given pleasure to the writer, except for pleasure of getting too many highly praising comments! ;)

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