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Sudhir Iyer
Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium

0 posted 2002-07-10 08:09 AM


I am murdering thoughts
wasting them like war criminals
fighting my own conflicts
in the land of the skull

the ifs and buts
the whys and hows
the whens and whats
of the globally perceived disease
of essential romance
of companionship
of love after friendship
and life after love
and life after loss
and life after death
and ...

they are all warriors
mean, scrawny,
with sharpened spears
poison-tipped
by jealousy and malice
by frustration and anger
by ...

and they just don’t go away
they are here to haunt
me till the end
of me
or them
of ...

then I read the sign-board-man
"The End Is Near!"
and I murder another thought
‘WHOSE END?’

© Copyright 2002 Sudhir Iyer - All Rights Reserved
Mark Bohannan
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song
1 posted 2002-07-10 08:37 AM


You sound as if you need some time on the beach away from everything my friend. LOL
Seriously, your words always bring the balance of art and real life to us in a most amazing way and that is why I always try to seek you out when I am in here.  Your flow and your style are favorites of mine, but hey, you have known that for some time.  I very much enjoyed this one and I hope you never stop slaying them thoughts.

[This message has been edited by Mark Bohannan (07-11-2002 02:22 AM).]

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla
2 posted 2002-07-10 09:10 AM


Sudhir,
One of your best, provoking, enjoyed

Bridget Shenachie
Senior Member
since 2002-01-23
Posts 1056
Kansas USA
3 posted 2002-07-10 02:59 PM


This is an apt description of the mental battle with emotional pain and negative, destructive thoughts.  Well-written!

Shenachie

Kellie_Cantrell
Senior Member
since 2002-05-22
Posts 1667
New York
4 posted 2002-07-10 03:03 PM


WOW!! what got this one going. I like the feel of the poem
the wa it flows and doesn't want to stop

Sudhir Iyer
Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium
5 posted 2002-07-16 05:56 AM


Thank you so very much, my dear friends...

Regards to all,
Sudhir

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