(I saw it with audio in mute...and penned these lines, clubbing couple of other themes too. An attempt to write when time is at the mercy of deadlines running at work)
I
am the ruler
Assert
my being
Choosing
my wishes,
Sans
strings
I declare a war...
Argue
with Jekyll
Against
all sanity who define
Life
and living
I
gulp, often
Lick the drops
Showered
on my head
Of
my wild song
Choreographed
for long legs
Heeled
on pounds of flesh
Embracing
me
Driving
me squint
From
the madness of reality
To
indulge, escape
Where
I could let out
Apparently
Momentarily,
or so...
I
don’t care, I don’t care!
I
know not
Of
flesh and blood
Painted demeanor
To conceal….
Painted demeanor
To conceal….
Black and White
Commanding the body
To fetch for days and nights
Life. ... spent...
I am living, apparently
Life. ... spent...
I don’t care, I don’t care!
I am living, apparently
Momentarily,
or so...
I
don’t care, I don’t care!
Jekyll resounds
This
is the way the world ends
Screams
of an empty soul echo
I
don’t care, I don’t care!
3WW CCCXXIII – Argue, lick, squint
Poets United Verse First ~ Body
Imaginary garden with real toads Out of Standard - Film School Drop Out Edition
"screams an empty soul echo
ReplyDeleteI don't care, I don't care."
This is indeed powerful fare, Akila. But oftentimes I find that someone who says so loudly that they don't care really does care deeply. One can hope this is true here as well.
My first thoughts: You do care. I care. You tackled the irony and made me give voice. Well done.
ReplyDeletesmiles...i agree with what mary says..those that scream loudest i don't care are those that deeply care usually
ReplyDeleteWow, Akila. What a great idea to "listen" to a video on mute and let it take you where it will. Very nicely written and you've managed to multitask with one poem. Hope the weekend allows you to take a deep breath and relax.
ReplyDeletewow...nice intensity in this...it reminds me a bit of the music that is very popular right now...lot of emotion, but also the ambivilence...but i wonder too if it is false bravado to hide true feelings.
ReplyDeleteThe close of this gave me shivers.
ReplyDeleteI love the resounding and ironic - I don't care refrain ~
ReplyDeleteWell done on the prompts ~
An unusual approach, handled very well.
ReplyDeleteK
Yes, the "I don't care" seems very ironic.
ReplyDeletebrilliant attempt akhila! the lines are truly liberating. very nicely written!:)
ReplyDeleteI DON'T CARE, and yet it all reverberates, it permeates and you have to care
ReplyDeleteFirst Rose
Very passionate fantastic use of the prompts!
ReplyDeleteI am living, apparently
ReplyDeleteMomentarily, or so...
and I don't care... This poem is really about what is NOT said... nice job.