There are many ways to die
Numb your senses with tranquilizers
Purchased from the nearby medical hall
Look straigt into the shopkeeper's lustdripping eyes
And tell him the name of the drug
Be careful - do not buy more than a limited number of pills
Then go to the next store
Repeat the procedure
Till your cupboard hoards
Sweet, numbing sleep.
Or, you can jump into the madness of a passionate love affair
Like a blind jump from the sevenstoried building of your past
If you are really mad...you can get him to jump with you
to enter the pact together
That would be dramatic and apocalyptical
People will remember you both
Mythical characters
Romeo and Juliet
But, you know that you killed each other
Rather than
being together in death
yet another way, which many women follow
is to slowly build your tomb brick by single
Smoke lonely cigerrettes in dishevelled bedrooms
Cry yourselves to sleep...
Or, just sleep...
Morning, noon and night.
yes...
there are many ways to die.
A Reply to this Poem
Another poem
There are many ways to survive
Block emotions by reason
Shield the heart which has done bad service with mind
Every time you feel you’re ready to believe her -
The beautiful lady which calls herself your fair fate
Shut the gates and grimace at it,
It should be fun to wait and see
its true face, when it gives up.
Repeat the procedure
Each time it gets to know
That there is another entrance to your heart
Be careful - it changes its delusive approach –
It could be pure like first snow, or tender like bud
It can show gentle and noble like yellow autumn,
and passionate like summer sun.
Or you can choose to have un-pact -
Conceive a child who will never know its father
May be people will remember you
As ‘challengers of society’
But, you know that you’ve stolen its life for yourself
Rather than,
Gifting it life
Yet another way, which many women follow
is to slowly scramble your way by single
Smoke lonely cigarettes in disheveled bedrooms
write a line or two to dream ...
Or, just dream ...
Morning, noon and night.
yes...
there are many ways to survive.
3 comments:
did you write both of these? i cannot tell you how touching they both are.
the first one is so much like a mixture of sylvia plath and kamala das... just to remind you of your roots, dear
Yin and Yang. :)
This poetise side of yours was a mistery to me. Mesmerizing. Wish you would do something new. :P
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