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

0 posted 2002-07-01 09:09 AM


there is no echo
emanating from the endless pit
the sound only disappears
like light into a black hole
sound devoured into silence
like a transformer
converting voltages to currents --
and very rapid ones too
in this fast river of life
where the rocks to hang on to
are slippery as eels
some slimier than sin!

how can energy disappear?
where does it go?

if it does go somewhere,
is that part of this world too
so that the sum total of
happiness and sadness is
the same as the sum total
of all additions and subtractions
of truths and lies
of light and shadows
of good and bad
of you and me
and yours and mine
which rounded up
to the nearest round figure
still comes to a zero
so ironic;

if it doesn’t go anywhere
then why don’t I hear myself speak
why do my thoughts die
strangled

is it a simple matter of
fade out
like having one too many
and not able to think straight for a while
and then not able to think at all

no, not true…
even the drunk have dreams
when they sleep
and they get their smiles too

no, I won’t stifle myself
I am not willing
to be a stranger to my dreams
and won’t estrange them
either
one day they will start speaking
again

(for now, I will start adding up
the positive bits)


© Copyright 2002 Sudhir Iyer - All Rights Reserved
Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla
1 posted 2002-07-01 09:18 AM


Sudhir,
Well done, shakespear said " It's a tale told by an idot full of sound and fury signfying nothing."

ethome
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since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada
2 posted 2002-07-01 01:05 PM


Sudhir my friend, it's been a while since I read one of your rambles. I have to say that they are still as precious as ever.....This is delightful!....

               "how can energy disappear?
                 where does it go?

                 if it does go somewhere,
                 is that part of this world too
                 so that the sum total of
                 happiness and sadness is
                 the same as the sum total
                 of all additions and subtractions
                 of truths and lies
                 of light and shadows
                 of good and bad
                 of you and me
                 and yours and mine
                 which rounded up
                 to the nearest round figure
                 still comes to a zero
                 so ironic;

                 if it doesn’t go anywhere
                 then why don’t I hear myself speak
                 why do my thoughts die
                 strangled

                 is it a simple matter of
                 fade out
                 like having one too many
                 and not able to think straight for a while
                 and then not able to think at all

                 no, not true…
                 even the drunk have dreams
                 when they sleep
                 and they get their smiles too

                 no, I won’t stifle myself
                 I am not willing
                 to be a stranger to my dreams
                 and won’t estrange them
                 either
                 one day they will start speaking
                 again

                 (for now, I will start adding up
                 the positive bits)"

Honeybee
Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372
Ontario, CANADA
3 posted 2002-07-01 01:35 PM



It's good to read you again, Suhir.   This is an excellent write.  You've really reached deep for this and I feel it's pondering and power.

Take care,
Melissa~

"Poetry is not an opinion expressed...
it is a song that rises from a bleeding
wound...or a smiling mouth"

~Kahlil Gibran~

Sven
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since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA
4 posted 2002-07-01 04:22 PM


it's so good to see you growing my friend. . . you have reached much in your time here, and you continue to reach more every day. . .

superb work. . .

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049
California
5 posted 2002-07-01 08:50 PM


Sudhir

So many questions I have asked myself.

and this:

"then why don’t I hear myself speak
why do my thoughts die
strangled"

they do not die...I hear you, but I understand also how sometimes, sometimes it all seems futile.  Hugs to you, my friend!

Sudhir Iyer
Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium
6 posted 2002-07-02 04:29 AM


Thank you all.... so very much, for your grace, for your kind words, for everything...

Regards,
sudhir

2dalimit
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since 2000-02-08
Posts 2228
Mississippi coast
7 posted 2002-07-02 07:32 AM


Excellent. I admire your thoughts.

Melton

Sudhir Iyer
Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium
8 posted 2002-07-04 09:22 AM


Thanks a lot Melton...

Regards,
Sudhir

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