Unchiselled as a child's pointless search;
my solitary remains, you jagged stones;
that my frantic hands lock quietly away;
from the unholy eyes of glinting barrels;
and i see them faces, rain down gently;
to beckon our bruised and fancy palms;
as time pauses to see how life passes;
from hands to hands and eyes to eyes;
their faces, anon as the mirrors discreet;
some obscured, whileas others discrete;
Like the deathknock, like a divine tap;
an appointment at the haywire address;
since absorbing into hideous faces achromate;
and lying still thus, all across the pavement;
in solidarity, with the noble warm red;
flowing gently away, from the faces to be;
how noble were the lips, when they lied;
to the doting eyes of a restless mother;
how devotional the heart that pretended thus;
to believe in the limber squeeze of a son's palms;
So Lord does bask, as angels pay tributes;
to heavenly tomb of these martyred hands;
eyes may be the windows to the soul, but hands tell the story of one's life. Some are scarred, some callused, some smooth.
ReplyDeleteI like this poem, it feels somehow slightly happier than the previous ones :D
hoping to read more soon!
eyes that become witness to the stories written on palms start dreaming even while being awake n agape, intermittent nightmares not withstanding...!
ReplyDeleteThank U Much, I wish it was about happiness, though it sure is about the painful joy of losing...!
Hope u r well
mezraab,
ReplyDeleteand painful loss makes you cherish everything so much more!
I hate Ur optimism (or am being envious of it) :) !
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