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scorpio eyes shut Junior Member
since 2008-07-24
Posts 31kerala, india |
Images (the second stanza has mention of certain characters from hindu mythology. i apologise if it creates confusion. but i couldn't find any better reference.) I look at you In a gilt-edged mirror Watch you watching me Insidiously, silently, relentlessly- The mask of sorrow slips for a moment A glimpse of an eternally evil face Mottled with ancient guilt, But even without that I would know it is you- Like flowers know To turn away from the dark Like the waves know That land is not home. Nature dispenses but partial knowledge, A knowing of, But not, a knowing-how-to A creature with atrophied muscles And a frenetic brain As in the murky depths of Cain’s twisted mind As Brutus in the wake of his betrayal As a weak Dasaratha abandoning his first-born Or Bhishma looking his fallibility in the eye And finding a spurned woman’s rage. I look at you Seductive, easy, sumptuous Arousing festering egos Encouraging inadequacy of spirits Wallowing in masochistic zeal Oozing with pustular adjectives... No embalming noun. [This message has been edited by scorpio eyes shut (08-27-2008 03:27 AM).] |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
This is so intense, I feel haunted too ... I guess we all have all potential within us, good and evil. But as emanations of God we have the power of choice and when we are aware of being One, the power of evil recedes and we can find peace. Really powerful write! Love, Margherita "Love is the One who masters all things; |
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