Silence closes by as misery and desolation,
Where hopes of a new dawn fade,
With the fading sun setting in a welter of crimson.
Where loneliness offers sole company,
As constant as the rustling leaves;
Where the grasp of solitude tightens,
And the soul cries out as it grieves.
As the sense feels void closing in,
It asks itself in a trance,
Why it is punished for an unknown sin.
But the answer as uncertain as the wind...
blowing through the mind and out...blowing far away.
Now surrounded by this scorching disdain,
Shade is needed for this heart in pain,
A speck of consolation....a soothing rain,
A ray of hope
-but all in vain.
For desperation as vast as the world,
For memories unkind,
Gnawing through the mind,
And strangling out breath,
As it winds itself around.
Silence, lies in its wretched bed;
Piercing the heart in pangs of sorrow,
Drowning in itself, the dreams spun,
Snatching away hopes for tomorrow.
Kolkata....'city of joy' ; or should I say "the land of the blind"?
Thousands of homeles people, more than 30% of the population below the poverty line, malnourised, starving, dieing diseased and hungry. Life is that worthless in...the city of joy.
It's such a misnomer isn't it.?
Although the word "joy" is so very different for each of us.
For that little child who earns his living by begging for alms..."joy" is merely a meal that satisfies his hunger without him having to stay hungry.
For you and I, we never have to stay hungry and we will never know what it's like to starve.
And yes...I thank God for that!
Thousands die everyday...we don't care...we don't even know. And if we know....we pretend not to see.
Welcome-to Our City of Joy!
It was just another day.
Walking through the chaos of...vendors...cars...buses....felt as normal as it did everyday.
Though somehow, nothing felt real...nothing seemed to exist.
You were there...following me everywhere I went. you blew the little raindrops on my face, beckoning me to come with you...follow you back to where we came from.
I would have....only if I could.
You had trapped me....numbed my senses.
Although you were nothing but a shadow. A very distant dream, that made me shudder.
I get tired of illusions...tired of missing you.
That's when I try looking for you in a crowd of unknown faces.
