31 July 2008

Tasting Reality



Why is there a need to sweeten,
When you have to suffer when bitten?

You see the world as it is,
But still want to feel amiss?

The very want of the mass,
To kill death and live crass.
The sights on mounts,
In the wake of jaunts -
A collection of errors that incite
Man to chase an imaginary light.

We wear those plastic masks
To hold our faults in casks.
We never exult when we can,
We kill our mind, and refuse to tan.

The man who started off
To reach, but dies at scoff.
He never learnt that his imperfections
Were as obvious as his infections,
To cough at the onset of cold,
And to bow whenever told.

The scenes around than you can see
Are part of the illusion that is reality.
For as long as you like, you can try;
But don’t be convinced that you can taste reality.

20 July 2008

Converting a Foe



'Twas a hole of profound depth

In which I found my foe.

Such shadows that hid him,

Just to keep me from walking away.


The echoes came before the rain

An added reason not to help the pain.

Each I agree was thirsty for the other's blood,

Then why stand, and not escape the flood?


Getting rid of trouble, was it itself;

Had he been me, he would've saved himself.

A childish reaction, to expect

Him to tell me not to infect,

That he would rather rot

Than freedom from an enemy bought.


The rain chilled me,

And sank him up to knee.

The silence and shadows fought in my head,

Trying to convince me that he'd be dead.


Knowing that inaction would lay a wreath,

It seemed like conspiring with Death.

Searching at last for the needed tools,

To pluck him out and thwart the fools.


Pulling out the weight between,

The time the evening took to lose its sheen.

Inch by inch, brick by brick,

Deconstructing that which made us sick.


Rising from the shadows -

Watered by the rain's throes,

Came the enemy, and then a friend,

Into the light, and out of the shadows' bend.


Unfurling the fabric of peace,

Walking on, and walking away.

The barrier finally broken,

To build a bridge between.


The rope was frayed,

Neglect ripped it apart.

Now of iron, forged,

The bond was built to last.