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Sudhir Iyer
Member Ascendant

since 2000-04-26

Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium

0 posted 2002-01-25 05:27 AM

mood swings at the epicentre of the universe
and a scratch of imagination
throws a pigment of coloured cells --
a figment that's in a constancy of sliding
across several hues of dawn
amongst murky colours of grey

give me a ray of light
and shine upon me like a dream
withdraw the shadows
looming like curtains
and may the brand new world
begin all over again
in order, in chaos

yes, I am back again
back as if from the big bang
a touch afraid of touch
with a bite of prejudice
almost judgemental
in some form of
temperamental evaluation
like a pungent after-taste
of last night's champagne

after all
time flies in a unidirectional race
while my nose still smells
yesterday's fragrance
in those scents of little happens
and sweet nothings

after all
who can you blame
for those emotions
and what about sentimentality
maybe they are just childish feelings
meant to cause a prod
by the village elders
about prudish actions
before they award punitive damages
like the after-effects of a marriage
gone sour -- divorced

and yes, I am writing in long words
and wishing forever that
life be simple and full of short
beautifully-meant words
like
love, peace, cheer,
joy, friend,
life,

ah! peace
in the arms of a caress
with no duress
and no non-explorability of inaneness
and no fear to tread the bowels
of a beautiful life
and no fear of reprimand from accepting
love

yes, I am swinging back and forth
reading between lines
and all over them
between the last year and the next
ah! the fallacy of contemplation
and the excuse of lament
and the deficiencies of thoughts

and here I am
thinking in those big words again

it is time to make it simple
and give love to feel liked
and give smiles to feel cheered
and climb down to be raised

yet, one day all will be erased
though the effects of goodness might still
survive

here's to wish you all
a very happy new year !!!

----

sorry, my friends that I've been away, but I was in between changing jobs and had to sit at home for 3 and half weeks waiting for administrative tasks to take their sweet time... and alas, I have no computer at home... anyway, I am back where I think, I belong... amongst great friends like you...

[This message has been edited by Sudhir Iyer (01-25-2002 05:28 AM).]

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
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1 posted 2002-01-25 06:13 AM

welcome back! Hope everything is going well for you now. I know change is stressful. Nice piece here, one of the few long ones that I actually read all the way through. Thank you.

sodpossom
Senior Member

since 2001-06-15

Posts 723
N.C

2 posted 2002-01-25 10:57 AM

Kind of long but it definitely captures the reader.Nice job!

Martie

Moderator

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

3 posted 2002-01-25 12:17 PM

Hi Sudhir--You captured and held many emotions in your wait to get back here...so good to see you and hear your thoughts again!

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

4 posted 2002-01-25 10:56 PM

and here I am
thinking in those big words again
===============================

and we LOVE that you do

Welcome back Sud!!
The vocab in this is waay cool my friend...
the word "brilliant" comes to mind

So good to read you again...
Happy New Year to you too....glad youre back

I'm like a broken record that you can play ...
Repeating (as if it matters) ... everything I say.

Gin Blossoms

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

5 posted 2002-01-25 11:02 PM

YAY!!! Oh Sudhir, we've all missed you soooooooo much and so happy you're back, I hope your administrative tasks went OK! (big hugggsssssss) This is such a wonderfully bittersweet poem, sweet friend, change can indeed be soooo difficult but as long as we learn to love ourselves more, we will find simplicity and peace deep down always! (sigh) We all love you so much, sweet friend, you are a delight to us all! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Sudhir, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Titia Geertman
Member Ascendant

since 2001-05-07

Posts 5182
Netherlands

6 posted 2002-01-26 12:10 PM

I'm so glad to see you again, my 'countryneighbourfriend'

Ha, I too spoke a long word

Thank you for this excellent New Year's wish

Titia

A rose is a rose is a rose...I guess...
Want to use the pics on my website? Just send me a mail and I'll give you the link.

Sunshine

Administrator

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

7 posted 2002-01-26 10:19 AM

This swings among the lines very well, Sudhir. A belated Happy New Year to you as well...so glad you are "home"!

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

8 posted 2002-01-26 05:30 PM

Thank you for these words of yours.
I'm at a loss to tell you how deeply
they effected me.
There was a lot of introspection,
every thought is worth holding on to.

I'm so glad I didn't miss this,
and Happy New Year to you too.

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

9 posted 2002-01-26 06:06 PM

Sudhir,
the pendulum swings and you return to our bosom...how wonderful.
Loved this intrespective monologue.
Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

Pilgrimage
Member Elite

since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

10 posted 2002-01-26 06:06 PM

I like the way you swing back and forth in this one. Love the descriptive phrases in the first and second stanzas especially.

Nan

Sudhir Iyer
Member Ascendant

since 2000-04-26

Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium

11 posted 2002-01-28 03:19 AM

Thank you all, my dear friends... for coming by, for your kind words, for everything...

Regards,
Sudhir

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