Friday, April 25, 2008

Flightless....


A beautiful little infant
With eyes so promising.....

Struggling its way out of the shell

Into a world, so unknown.....

Hoping to see the best,

Fly the highest,
Conquer the strongest.....


Nurtured by a loving mother,

Idolizing its ancestors

Yet not ready to ensconce,

With just another soaring fly.....

Featherless, yet a naked courage

Shining on the countenance

With a spirit, before which,

The world could bow down....


Hopping with its tiny wings

On the cozy straws underneath

A desire to jump up and fly someday....

Race with its kith and kin

Flutter over the clouds,

Across the celestials,

And on the rushing ocean tides......


Yet life had to turn its face

And bring to light,

The scars and wounds.....

Some indelible imprints

Impressed on the young mind.....

Blocking the innocent vision

Of pure, uncaring adventure......


As predators scavenge on fellow fliers

Terror sinks deep into the tender heart....

An urge to spread its wings

Repressed by the fear of loss of breath

Yet firmly it moved on

Knowing not the fatal consequences

And made its first flight....


Over the unfriendly greenery

Tearing through its intricate wings.....

Thorns of poisonous cruelty
Laughing a mirthless laugh over its agony.....

A sight so grievous....

A world so heartless......


Yet farther it moved,

Over rocky terrains, through roaring thunders

Seeing how merciless destiny chose to be.....

A shot, and a cry of pain,

Tumbling down it came

The little bird was slain....


Breathing,yet so painfully lifeless....

Like a fish in an empty pond
It still twitches and turns....

Though Irony shows its little mercies

And lets the bird live on

It writhes forever in the shatters of distress

Rendered, so brutally, flightless....

Monday, April 14, 2008

Claustrophobia...

The stifling fear rises
Like a tide
In the ocean of those eyes.....
When darkness encroaches
With arms wide open.....
Sucking in the air
In a single, hoarse breath......

She staggers back, directionless
Like a cornered prey....
A wild flail of arms
A lame refusal to accept defeat......
The walls seem to close in
And so helpless feels her soul
Like a victim surrounded
By countless hungry predators.......
Voiceless screams tear through the air
As silence seems like a curse.....

She contends with the nauseating waves
Thrashing against her terrorized heart.....
Breaking her up
Shredding her courage to pieces...
She gropes fanatically, in the dark
For a reliable hold on reality.......
But none she finds
To respond to her cries for mercy.......

The noose tightens
An asphyxiated mind
Losing her conscious.....
The powerless eyes stare
Without a blink
Too scared to lose their vision.......
But the door remains closed......

The body crumbles into a drunken stupor
And she falls into nothingness....
Partly dead, partly numb
Encased in a shell of senselessness......
Lost in the brutal illusions of her mind
She lies there, wide-eyed
Fatally afraid of fear.......