Cells and
tissues bind
Piling up
emotions
Storing
values and vices
From
diverse quarters
Of birth
and living; Blood, love and law
Occupying
the cerebrum
Finding a reason to linger in
a masked smile
Forcing to enact and emote
for peace
Ha! peace, indeed...
Engulfing me in its fold as I
scale up in age
Packaged as patience, tolerance,
crowned as wisdom.
Names are superficial
tags for a painted demeanour
Reigning in
face value
Crushing
desires of a choice
And if granted,
comes with strings
Fancifully
plucking and pulling me left and right
Pushing and
shoving to hold me
I shout in
silence (Spare me! spare me!)
The beat goes
on, in and out, round the clock
A gift of a few
moments of silence
Comes my way of
living in debris
Eyes closed in
moments of solitude
Seeking a release
To cut through the air in a free fall
Only to tumble down into an abyss
Seeking a release
To cut through the air in a free fall
Only to tumble down into an abyss
Scrabbling for familiar turfs
Loneliness surfaces
An undesirable figment
of fear
Concealed beneath
the layers
Longs for the whispering
wind
Finding its way to
me in a crowd
Crevices of ‘I’ lay exposed
Allowing
unconditional love of my child
Filled
with selflessness of parenting souls
Laughing
in the comfort of friends
Safe in
marital chords
One by
one, societal ties, mark the boundary
Point a finger,
The remaining four would close inside
In the same spirit
I sow to reap my giving
and misgivings
Tuned to the laws of
motion
(A reaction for every
action)
A green bounty exhales
for me
So do I, for them
Involuntarily conscious
of living
For self and the other
How would a bird fly
without gravity?
The shade of ‘born
imperfect’
Is a façade of perception
Smuggled into a shell
My questioning raves and
rants
Focusses me as an answer
Commitments polish my
sense
To live, let live
Dream and let dream
Hold hands and be held
Freedom for me and them.
Dream and let dream
Hold hands and be held
Freedom for me and them.
Life seeks a balance
In balance I seek and find a life
Life seeks a balance
ReplyDeleteIn balance I seek and find a life
Thats what we do......... and very true
The change of color fits each stanza so well. "as I scale up in age" - made me smile to think of life in these terms.
ReplyDelete"Dream and let dream
Hold hands and be held
Freedom for me and them."
Sweet words, makes me want my kids to wake so I can hear and share their dreams.
Beautiful. These words are my favorites & express the crux of this poem for me:
ReplyDeleteTo live, let live
Dream and let dream
Hold hands and be held
Freedom for me and them.
nice....really great progression in this...the color does lend to it as well....and the balance, if feel you there...life once we find it flows so much smoother...crevices of i lay exposed, ha i like that line as well...
ReplyDeleteWhat a spectacular write this is! The trajectory of living and loving and learning. So much to think about in this poem. The closing lines are a benediction. Lovely work.
ReplyDeleteWow! This is brilliant brilliant! I wish I could write so well what an inspiration you are =)
ReplyDelete..ah, sometimes our words are just need to be freed... like what you did here... loved how you pulled these all together... smiles..
ReplyDeleteI love the way you ended it with Life seeks a balance ... I so believe that in the end all of life balances. In fact all of the cosmos balances and when we face turbulent times it is life and cosmos trying to balance out.
ReplyDeleteDropping by from Verse First
Suzy http://ilasoulpoems.blogspot.co.nz/2013/05/freedom.html