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Where shall the word be found, where will the word | Resound? Not here, there is not enough silence

moment

Posted on | October 9, 2008 | 2 Comments

the windows are closed,
and the curtains pulled,
and opacity is back in life.

no wind rustles these curtains,
nothing disturbs the old books,
grimy,dusty pages are not opened,
and an ersatz,uneasy peace reigns.

the nights are empty,
and a silent noise fills up the space,
pretentious music hangs in the air,
and the orderly bookshelf assumes a fake dignity.

a fragile life is being lived,
a memorial of happier times
is being built-
and in the vacant air,on waves of music,
poetry is being written in code.

nobody understands this,
strange images bide their time,
lurking in shadows in the cupboard,
and a lethargic life ebbs slowly in this space.

words,and characters,feelings,
and scenes from a drab,defunct drama,
played out on an imaginary stage-
crowd this vacuum,and create-
a delusional montage of pleasure and erotica.
the past is being relived here,
until the alarm sounds to break an unsleepy slumber,
and a never-created moment is lost.

Current Music: Raat Hamari To (Parineeta) Current Mood: Pensive,Lost

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2 Responses to “moment”

  1. Roseleen
    October 10th, 2008 @ 7:52 am

    verses are well crafted .. but what truly caught my attension was current music up there by parineeta. which i think i have never heard and i m downloading it right now..

  2. sandeip
    October 10th, 2008 @ 8:15 am

    @roseleen

    thank you.
    and yes,thats a very nice song

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