Back To Inertia
A short road back to misery
to self-loathing and acknowledgement of a cocoonish dystopia
walked with rotten teeth, fending off fever dreams.
It has been a while since the void had consumed
the remnants of light within.
And yet the haggard desperation of building a dam
ushers back memories.
The carapace is familiar against the skin.
Animated with the life of its own
it embraces its parasitic nature
and laughs for the world.
There was love in those stretched moments of utter escapism,
and joy and ecstasy of material gain,
pride thrived in radiating eyes
as life found meaning both in sacred and profane.
Things that had to go have long gone,
things that belong here will remain forever.
Acceptance can only come in such inertia.
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Date: 22/10/2018
Copyright © Tamal Kundu | Year Posted 2018
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