Arun ([info]birdonthewire) wrote,
@ 2008-07-18 16:42:00
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Current mood:Fridy afternoon blues...

The Scream...
My story - It begins and ends
here, in this place of work
and money. Oh, this need
for the good life, growth
some would say - you start
at 2 lakh something and add
a zero and you hope, someday,
then some.

And everyday, I stifle
this scream for the sea.
But, you hear it, maybe,
Still.

In the old days, they sailed,
I read in these fat fantasy books,
simple men with
similar complex minds
- women, adventure,
plunder, wisdom -
different callings

Maybe, they didn't go far -
wherever their boats, the horse,
their feet, donkey even -
(Mulla Nasruddin ha, ha ha)
took them - knights
in their coarse armour (or without)
it doesn't matter now, does it-
For Go, they did. Forgo.

C
A
L
L
I
N
G
S

I romanticize, you say - and yes,
there is truth in that.

But, you hear it, maybe,
Still.

Forgive me, Mr. Munch




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[info]sthira
2008-07-18 07:09 pm UTC (link)
This is LOVELY - one of your best pieces without doubt!

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[info]birdonthewire
2008-07-21 05:39 am UTC (link)
Thank you! It really was Friday afternoon frustrations boiling over :-)

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[info]deponti
2008-07-19 07:01 am UTC (link)
VERY nice...I didn't hear a *scream*, but definitely, a sigh....

Keep writing.

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[info]birdonthewire
2008-07-21 05:41 am UTC (link)
Thank you, deponti! Been quite a while since I wrote, was good to get this out of the system :-)

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