Living life
in doses,
Smiling but
in parts,
Chasing a
shadow,
Reaching for
the stars,
Missing out
on moments,
Which define
our breathing,
In search of
something,
Where are we
speeding?
Going round
in circles,
Never reaching
end,
Racing towards
nothing,
Till death
makes us bend.
Eating; not
tasting,
Mind so preoccupied,
Burning midnight
oil,
Even the
darkness cried,
Measuring our
success,
In terms of
printed paper,
Following mirages,
While life
begins to taper,
Setting out
to conquer,
What doesn’t
even exist,
We all are
just racing,
In search of
mythical bliss.
Till death makes us bend.. loved it..
ReplyDeleteSetting out to conquer,
What doesn’t even exist..
thanks for the motivation boss and also for suggesting me this topic
DeleteIn search of a PG seat wud be more appropriate ;-)
ReplyDeleteWell written !
SOMEWHERE I’D LIKE TO BE
ReplyDeleteSurajit Dasgupta
I have walked like a man, crept like worms,
Slept like there wouldn’t be tomorrow.
Future never beckoned me. Future squirms
at the past to this day, to harrow
the one like me. With no ilk that affirms
that clones did arise from the marrow.
I migrated to your ghetto a bit too soon
to make sure the lingo catches my parlance.
Or if some night I refuse to see the moon,
though twilight alludes to as much askance;
I could at least pose as a cartoon
hoping you’ll empathise with my penitence.
No. My copies I wouldn’t have espoused
Never in my dreams, do I see factories.
Yet in purlieus, emotions are aroused
as the vicissitude of life’s trajectories—
Like Holika fire—ignited, then doused—
comprise such destined cemeteries.
And alas! I got betrothed once again
to the concubine who bade the loudest…
Taverns and harems don’t know my pains.
My office’s essence – a ghoulish tempest;
as wine in a goblet’s insecure terrains,
the droplets that trickle are the feeblest.
Where on this earth rest the heathen?
Where in hell went the believers?
Where rationale discovers a haven,
and shuns but narrow demeanours?
No such site in sight where awaken
wretched agnostics amid receivers.
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