Sunday, 24 August 2008

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Do not come
To share in my pagan grief
To dilute it:
Or take away a millimeter
From this tumult
From this secret potion,
This imbecile love

Do not for a moment
Believe that you may take away
This wild joy of sharing grief
You are not shareholders
In this phalanx of death

I see envy etched in your eyes
On my aloneness
And the corresponding freedom
Or the audacious joy
Of my overflowing eyes

These thirsty lines
Are not maneuverable
With or without syntax
This is disobedience movement
Unbridled

Do not come:
There is no agonizing torment
That you may copy
And reproduce on your faces
When the time is ripe:

Like a painted mask
On painted faces
………………

11 comments:

petra michelle; Whose role is it anyway? said...

Breathtaking! I read your comment on Wordcrafter's blog, and couldn't resist, being a writer myself. It was an "experience" reading your poem. Much luck with your work in progress! Petra

petra michelle; Whose role is it anyway? said...

Thank you for stopping by, and it would be a pleasure revisiting.
Have a wonderful day, Chandi! Petra

petra michelle; Whose role is it anyway? said...

Oops, I apologize for the misspelling of your name, Chandini, which is beautiful! Does it have a particular meaning?

Chandini said...

Chandini means 'Moonlight'. Literally.

White Rose said...

"Do not come:
There is no agonizing torment
That you may copy
And reproduce on your faces
When the time is ripe:"

Amazing lines!

Grief is different for everyone and I agree can not be shared.

Wordcrafter said...

Oh Chandini I just read the meaning of your name, it is beautiful, that is why your smile feels like moon glow. Been busy, next week will pass by to read you.

Chandini said...

Thanks.

Haroun said...

Dear Moonlite
Your poems have matured beyond doubt.

madhusudanan said...

One of the most beautiful photograph, captured from the happiest moment of the life.
chandini's smile is a real 'Chandini'. Congrats to the photographer.

Chandini said...

This pix was clicked exactly a week before our First Wedding Anniversary - On Santosh's First birthday after our wedding.
There is a third person in the pix, whom you cannot see.
Nor can I. Not ever.

Maggie May said...

chandini this poem is so breathtakingly direct.