sleep slinks away.
strange dreams
speak
in symbols foreign,
drowning me
with meanings
I deny.
old man at the door -
will I be you?
and where?
oh boy in the yard -
was I you?
and now?
a music plays
in my mind.
no notes,
no tunes,
only inchoate voices.
some, my own.
some, others'.
what they say,
I pretend
not to fathom.
sleep leaves -
a lover lost,
but memories morph,
mutate,
into dreams,
into lies,
into truths?
wakefulness
disappoints
in its
vexed vividity,
the imperfectness
of sleep
I seek,
this cold water morning.
***
Seems like I can't stop myself even if I want to :-) -- back again, but yes, posts will be sporadic till work eases up. Thanks for missing me ;-)
'memories morph, mutate, into dreams, into lies, into truths ?..' - loved this line.. you have written with nice clarity (and with brevity) the vagueness one feels at times.. enjoyed it.
ReplyDelete"old man at the door -
ReplyDeletewill I be you?
and where?
oh boy in the yard -
was I you?
and now?"
And "lover lost"
Are my favs........:))
Expresses that arbit feeling one experiences after sleep very well.
and yes agree with ram on the 'short and sweet' thingie...
Beautiful. Liked this bit the most,
ReplyDelete"old man at the door -
will I be you?
and where?
oh boy in the yard -
was I you?
and now?"
write something dude!!am bored :( put ur creative juices to work....will u spend all time editing ur loved one's work?ah!
ReplyDelete" old man at the door -
ReplyDeletewill I be you?
and where?
oh boy in the yard -
was I you?
and now?"
the ever-gnawing question.....
Rare are those moments when life chooses to share its secrets with you.. Happy to see that you have managed to click a snap of one such singular moment.. Keep them coming..
ReplyDeleteit's been a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time dude
ReplyDelete@ram: You just picked out my favourite line too. Sometimes the mind plays tricks...thanks for dropping by - do visit again!
ReplyDelete@samudraa, .:a:. and brood_mode: Great minds think alike huh? ;) And thnaks a ton - do appreciate your comments.
@anon: grrr...wait till I lay my hands on you...should hang one of those "Trespassers will be prosecuted" boards around my blog!
@sukky: Glad you liked it - thanks for your words, and do drop by sometime again.