I
am
The
night asks me who I am Its impenetrable black, its unquiet secret I am
Its
lull rebellious.
I
veil myself with silence
Wrapping
my heart with doubt
Solemnly,
I gaze
While
ages ask me y
who
I am.
The
wind asks me who I am
Its
bedeviled spirit I am
Denied
by Time, going nowhere
I
journey on and on
Passing
without a pause
And
when reaching an edge
I
think it may be the end
Of
suffering, but then:
the
void.
Time
asks me who I am
A
giant enfolding centuries I am
Later
to give new births
I
have created the dim past
From
the bliss of unbound hope
I
push it back into its grave
To
make a new yesterday, its tomorrow
is
ice.
The
self asks me who I am
Battled,
I stare into the dark
Nothing
brings me peace
I
ask, but the answer
Remains
hooded in mirage
I
keep thinking it is near
Upon
reaching it, it dissolves.
Insignificant
woman
When
she dosed her eyes
No
face faded, no lips quivered
Doors
heard no retelling of her death
No
curtain was lifted to air the room of grief
No
eyes followed her coffin
to
the end of the road
Only
a memory of a lifeless form
passing
in some lane.
The
word echoed in alleyways
Hushed
sounds, finding no shelter.
Settled
in a secluded den.
A
moon mourned In silence.
Night,
unconcerned, gave way to morning
Daylight
crept in with the milk cart
and
a call to fasting
A
meager cat mewing,
Amidst
the shrill of vendor's cries
Boys
squabbling throwing stones.
Muddy
waters spilling along the gutters
As
the wind carried foul smells
To
rooftops. Oblivion.
My
silence
You
may reproachfully provoke
my
guilt.
Would
I retreat?
Would
the sharp icicle of your plaque
cut
through my flames?
Would
I yield,
and
not go mad?
No.
I
should revolt.
I
scream inside.
But
were
I to trespass
darken
the air
with
some bitter phrase
perhaps
a misplaced word
You
would be offended
turn
dry like sand
Rise
and quietly disappear.
Don't
ask me why .
I
am gagged.
Here,
I remain a bed of roses bent
under
your snow;
a
puzzle of unanswerable questions
in
some corner of your heart.
It
is destiny's prescription: Adam is the ice
Eve
the fire.