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In an unnecessary fight
Or somewhere in peace
Before my soul takes flight
Or body thuds into ground
When I am accused
Or released scot free
I am supposed to behave
Like others around me
Who see what they see
While I see what they can’t
But I am chained to share
For their minds are closed
Why then you come
Only to me
Oh beautiful thought
Darn your type
A punch line arrives
Or a joke dies
A song is sung
Or silence overwhelms
A sketch is made
And histories erased
Seduction triumphs
Over every priest in sight
But my mind is gone
To places unknown
Why come to me?
Oh Beautiful thought
Why do you come at all?
Just before
The car turns the corner
Or knife touches skin
A clumsy noose tightens
Before hope is found
And my soul is lost
Pictures are shared
Of fake smiles
While I think
About the thumb
That controls the flash
Why do you come?
Come at all?
Beautiful thought
Go find someone else
The cup reaches the lip
The button is undone
A heart is broken
Or a dog snarls
Before God speaks
And the devil is done
Why do you come
To no one but me
Oh beautiful thought
I miss the fact
That I can’t miss
A beautiful thought
Like everyone else
It is a curse
Of the mind
Or of the places
The body has been
Ordinary minds
Never would get
Why it comes
Comes at all
And it seems
Only to me
A beautiful thought
So I never belong
In a train
Of ordinary thoughts
Or of passionate bodies
Where people are happy
Or that’s what they think
Where people are sad
And that’s what they are
While my soul floats
Above everything heavy
Under everything light
Nowhere close to
Where others go
In blissful ignorance
I still search
For another survivor
Of beautiful thoughts
Of the world
And everything else
In a grave
Or within a womb
In a café
Or in a skirt
In Baralacha La
In an exam
A misunderstood mind
Just like mine
Where nothing exists
Except perhaps
The occasional arrival
Of a beautiful thought
3 comments:
i have no words for this beautiful poem....just a permanent smile stuck on my face which is not going away....its more of bliss which will stay long after the smile fades away.......wow....a neat one after long i could understand the figures of speech in a poem, because i wanted to!! the poem brought them to my notice itself, the paradoxes are just amazing and the title rocks!!!! if i may be permitted to use the lingo of today's generation.....:) :)
Too good gaurav...keep up the good work!!!!
me. :)
GUP, you beauty. Come save the BB again. Stop all the quiz club piss and continue what you do. Keep Writing the hell out of words.
speechless.
i dont know which line is my fav.
except for the papaya.
oh ugly papaya, followed by upset tummy.
why do you come to me?
why do you come at all?
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