Saturday, November 21, 2009

SHRIEKS OF SILENCE

(This is not a poem. It is a thought that has disturbed me over the years. I have often wondered why He is so silent while these opportunists are making fool of the man on the street, fueling passions and sowing hatred. Here He includes HIM as well as the victims of voilence).
SHRIEKS OF SILENCE

He was so quiet, So motionless , So invisible
That some people thought he did not exist at all
He lived on the outskirts of
A godforsaken town
In a house that no one noticed
Yet he was perceived by different people
In different ways
Some thought he was strong like a rock
Others saw Him as shapeless
Yet others looked for Him in
Cellulosic sheets smeared with black
He was so quiet, So motionless , So invisible
That some people thought he did not exist at all

He was sung, He was honored
He was decorated, He was revered
He fueled the imagination of man
He inspired the music, He lighted the way
He energized the weak, He enriched the poor
He was trusted as strongest of all
He was so quiet, So motionless , So invisible
That some people thought he did not exist at all

He was shared piece by piece
There was a piece that belonged to Ae’s
There was a piece that was of Be’s
Then there were pieces with Cees, Dees, et el
He was so quiet, So motionless , So invisible
That some people thought he did not exist at all

He was quiet and He was alone
Shattered into thousand pieces
He was sad and so vulnerable
The house on the outskirt
Of the godforsaken town
Was noticed by Ae’s, Bee’s, Cee’s and Dee’s
In a melee to grab His crown
They brought the house down in a big fall
He was so quiet, So motionless , So invisible
That some people thought he did not exist at all

His blood was all over
Though He was no where to be seen
On the deaf ears of Ae’s, Bee’s, Cee’s and dee’s
His silent shrieks didn’t fall
He was so quiet, So motionless , So invisible
That some people thought he did not exist at all.



2 comments:

Unknown said...

really nice;
good to see you get prolific again,
keep it going

Samarth Bhatia said...

It's great to see your views
put up. What's even better is this
whole system of Blogging conforms
to a way of breaking the norm..
It does not seek to sell.
It only gives an individual the
the right to speech.
Wait. Wasn't that supposed to be
a constitutional right?

I guess there's only so
much that writing things in the constitution can do.

It's the bloggers who can actually be a backbone to the whole process
of getting informed and informing