Fascade

One moment was I - right by your side
Oblivious to all - just watching you smile
Your voice formed words, I cared not what
For all I could feel was your warmth beside

Fore I knew time passed, I was seated in the noise
My hitherto active mind rendered so eerily calm
Even the jerk from the takeoff didn't shake me right
I was now deaf to the sound, Blind from my sight

I looked down now, betwixt the soaring skies
Above vibrant clouds, beauty holding back lies 
Then - my heart lurched, my mouth a soft sigh
I was sucked back from vacuum, tumbled the sounds

My mind tries to tell me - its but a short relapse
But my heart holds on - fast in its sweaty clasp
To the last soft echoes of your warm quaint voice
Unable to set you free, to let out of grasp

But aye, I know it is but a solemn little trait
Of the muddled heart to never ever lose faith
And yes I know-I 'll wait with the hope inside
For the moment when you'll be back by my side

17th May 2009

tHE InTERlude

Interlude

The blue skies lingered clearer than ever,(6:12 PM)
Not a trace – nay, not even a single cloud…
Life so perfect doth sometimes conceal,
Unknown, unseen – Horrors be-held within…

The calm warm sun, glistening in the sky,
Did seem to smile – so soft, benign…
Then betwixt hidden the fine lines unseen,
The smile did now mock, an eerie glee…

The soft grass that did tickle my toes underneath,
Gave way to solid floor, coarse and cold to the touch…
Whoosh… blew along a deep ice-bled wind…
Fore I knew, all had changed – the world in transit…

As I saw the wave of the unforeseen times flow by…
Did I wonder if I’d been fooled by a mere farce…
For within the phase of a passing interlude…
Had I engulfed my present in a fickle mirage??? (6:35 PM)

Manas R Moothedath
15th Jan 2009

Nuance

I stood there under the stars (11:58 PM) 27/6/08

The chilly wind tickling my mind

Thence began – I know not dream or farce

Let loose a string of laughter did I

 

Fades away slow, the silly goofy grin

Thinner grows the air with moving time

Weakening echoes give way to eerie sounds

The rings of laughter rendered metallic

 

Days of recent past flit – mocking in glee

The smiles on the faces drew taunt the gloom

For with each smile did each one thus lose

Traces of what doth lie within

 

The crumbling soil beneath bare toes

Did bring me back from pallid thoughts

Thence reeked in sweat – reality dawned

I blinked – Metallic laughter sliced the silent sky (12:33 AM) 28/6/08

 

WAKE UP!

The chimes so faint, it tickled(8:28 AM)

His ears and so wake did he…

To behold the peace of twilight

Soft voices did whisper to him…

He stepped out into the moonlight

The breeze slowly caressing his soul,

Stars smiling from vast clear skies,

Felt the peace – in the silence of night

And across the moonlit horizon

Signs of life – twittered in delight,

He smiled – at the joy of living,

For such beauty did he witness…

He sat down on the moist green grass,

Breathing – each breath adding new life,

It was now that he noticed the difference

As soft whispers now gave way to screams…

The cold floor – screams echoing…

Sliced through his peaceful slumber

Now conscious, he sat up aright

The screams kept throbbing inside

He staggered out to the darkness

The cold wind gnawing at he

He stood with screams of darkness

Floating in a sky of dust…

Across the burning horizon,

Lay carnage, tainted by hell…

He howled in the face of truth,

For such lies in dreams did he see

He broke down onto broken mortar

Dark smoke – choking each breath,

Now the screams consumed his agony

It now whispered – wake UP(8:50)

Void Thought

30/7/07