Freedom of the Candle Light
Cage of compulsive personality we live in
Machine of love ensnare us
Desires become restless to mingle
With the spring grass there in the field
Leading me to feel I am green grass too
My wife asks me to switch on the TV
Window shuts and I am behind the bar
Amidst a lavish lifestyle
Surrounded by the same suits and boots
The esophageal tickle by the same whiskey and beer
On the same edges of the cup, pale yellow kisses
The same eyes and speeches moving in the room
The same bed refusing the same front and back
The bird seeks songs in its bar of cage
The other day when you asked
To come to 'silence club' to live a community life
I was a bit confused thinking what would happen
To the Facebook, WhatsApp and You Tube
How would live the balcony plants
But somehow something propelled me towards
The quest of freedom for almost nothing
At the same time it was freedom for something
Nothing was free to dictate me to do this and that
No words, no speech, not the least pressure on the vocal cord
No set time to take food and water to keep going
Just keep focused on whatever the mind comes across
Like Freudian free association, free from all identities
With your eyes open just looking at the self
Here is the freedom to defocus from the existential anxiety
Instead the freedom to expand the self through the universe
In unison with the stars and planets, the oceans and hills
Sharp edges of daily needs and tension of spider's web disappear
Whether you wear a branded shirt and tie becomes immaterial
You get moments to blend your finite things into vast nothingness
A kiss lifted from this freedom and planted on your cheek
Attains a splendour of multidimensional love
One after one the mask of who you are dropping down
Leaving just a calm candle light to feel the darkness
For the sake of new beams of freedom
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April 3, 2019
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Copyright © Probir Gupta | Year Posted 2019
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