I was ready to resign
To the fury of indifference, convinced
That inaction will (at least)
Shelter me from the heart of feral hatred
The immediate aftermath—
I wanted to grow my usual carapace that
Saner days and weeks had worn down
Like water sheets ploughing soft earth
Leave me alone!
But you stood. Rooted.
In the corner of my eye
Refusing to budge: “I’ll be here”
I shrank and withdrew
Indignant and stubborn
Hurt and accusing,
Burning bridges to the island
Oh what hubris, how selfish!
Reading of the balance statement
Actually, it’s quite clear
He’s wrong and you’re wronged. Pronounced.
Advice to you: Don’t you bother looking out.
Tch tch…not worth you
But you stood. Rooted.
In the corner of my eye
Refusing to budge: “I’ll be here”
Even when
Shadows grew long
Night after night
And wildflowers became weeds
What happened then?
While I was doused
By apathy’s anesthetic
You (must have)
Cut open my empty chest
And like a helping to the famished
Left a warm heart inside
For when I woke up that morn
It throbbed
Epilogue: to cut a long story short
A firefly blinking
I relayed my signal to
Where you stood rooted, refusing to budge
Saying “I’m here”
Friday, January 29, 2010
to cut a long story short
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8 comments:
Heartbreaking and lovely.
I'm going to pass on some music to you. 69 love songs by the Magnetic Fields (they're in my top 10). Consider it my due for introducing me to The Postal Service (who're also in my top 10.)
Lovely poem Satyajit.
Beautiful..
Beautiful, moving, heartbreaking...
I love the ending, where the poet finally acknowledges that rooted presence.
That was really great. You know, sometimes you can be there for someone, and yet never be noticed, never acknowledged, until finally you fade into an invisible washed-out inexistence.
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I really like when people are expressing their opinion and thought. So I like the way you are writing
I am not going to be original this time, so all I am going to say that your blog rocks, sad that I don't have suck a writing skills
You have to express more your opinion to attract more readers, because just a video or plain text without any personal approach is not that valuable. But it is just form my point of view
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