I am Happy Again
I am happy again,
for some discrete,
countable minutes...
.
.
.
till leaden,
of a sudden,
my weathered heart
sinks?
nay, gravitates...
into my hollow belly.
On Jupiter?
I pull up hard,
God! to stand.
Never a smile
walks far enough,
so to carve transitory crow-feet
beside my glazed eyes.
My cracking verses
fracture
splutter
unrhymed -
shards scatter,
(brittle hand-blown glass);
pearls strew,
(jerked off necklace).
That cold icy hand
wrings my heart again,
In extremis
gasping
I whimper...
He is so so deaf
Or I, so so mute!
Another merry moment
soars
on bleeding wings
to its apotheosis...
How, I miss him!
Oct 9th, '08.
I qualified as principal candidate...
I am happy again,
for some discrete,
countable minutes...
.
.
.
till leaden,
of a sudden,
my weathered heart
sinks?
nay, gravitates...
into my hollow belly.
On Jupiter?
I pull up hard,
God! to stand.
Never a smile
walks far enough,
so to carve transitory crow-feet
beside my glazed eyes.
My cracking verses
fracture
splutter
unrhymed -
shards scatter,
(brittle hand-blown glass);
pearls strew,
(jerked off necklace).
That cold icy hand
wrings my heart again,
In extremis
gasping
I whimper...
He is so so deaf
Or I, so so mute!
Another merry moment
soars
on bleeding wings
to its apotheosis...
How, I miss him!
Oct 9th, '08.
I qualified as principal candidate...
2 comments:
my weathered heart
sinks?
nay, gravitates...
into my hollow belly.
The confusion between the two conditions of the heavy heart...only the heart knows!
Never a smile
walks far enough,
so to carve transitory crow-feet
beside my glazed eyes.
"transitory crow-feet"- Love the description :)
My cracking verses
fracture
Compound fracture!
splutter
unrhymed -
shards scatter,
(brittle hand-blown glass);
pearls strew,
(jerked off necklace).
The same, in different words and imageries. Awesome work here.
That cold icy hand
wrings my heart again,
In extremis,
gasping
I whimper...
He is so so deaf
Or I, so so mute!
Another merry moment
soars
on bleeding wings
to its apotheosis...
How, I miss him!
Perfecto!
How beautifully you describe one moment (which seems a lifetime)!
-Rini :-)
O Rini! Bless you for such kind words here on my blog...
And
How beautifully you describe one moment (which seems a lifetime)!
Well, that about summarizes it all, perfectly!
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