I am alone without you
Days are long and lonely without you
"Must be crazy" whispered my neighbour
in a sly tone.
I must have been muttering to myself again.
I want to unburden my heart
But who will listen to me
The walls answer with a determinate silence,
But the whistling kettle breaks the silence
My morning tea, my morning ritual was set.
I am alone and lonely
Oh yeah! the phone, but it further reminds me of your absence;
Who will need a phone when you are present.
I am alone and lonely,
Pictures on my table, depicting moments in time,
Yet no respite, no relieve I am still lonely.
I had thought that being alone could give me quietness,
Alas I was wrong, the more quiet it got the more noise I got in my mind.
My soul's anchor has not berthed, until my soulmate comes home to roost.
But I am alone and lonely.
My heart races to collapse the days remaining to meet my soulmate.
I hasten my departure as the twilight of my loneliness appears on the horizon.
No more to be alone.
No more to be lonely
(Written on the 8th of March, 2015)
You are not a man that lies
God of Abraham
You are not a man that changes his mind
God of Elijah and Elisha
You are not a man that dodges crisis
God of Shedrach Meschac and Abednego
You have no beginning nor ending
You are God of yesterday Today and forever
I put all my trust in you
Woe betide any one
Who invests his trust in
A mere mortal that has a beginning
And a determinate end
All you said you would do
You have done them for me
Cause you are a covenant keeping God
At whose command the universe was created
If I could select
where to disappear...
I would select your look!
If I could select,
where to live...
would determinate in your heart!
If I had to select,
between live or die...
I wanted to be in your hands...!
The Earth in determinate places,
is almost the same as Limbo..
In others, almost as hell...
So we submit to this reality,
there is no paradise here...!
I live in your box
Of determinate shape and size
Free to move around
But within your confines
I have free will, to that you attest
Caged; an active participant in society
Believing I am living life the best
Such illusions of freedom you mis-sell
1 vote! 1 voice! You proclaim
Millions duped, 'safe' under your spell
The tongue, the tooth or today,
Or then, the gaze with memories and sweat,
Left of the misery, the haze, or the blurred set,
The thoughts tied to the codes for the day,
The tongue, the tooth or the say today.
The better character to talk of for casuals,
Worth the keep, the dialogues and perusals,
Mirrored in own self, the beauty and remarks,
The hidden in phrases and in own consciousness,
The tongue, the tooth or the say today.
Or then the two extremities in own terms:
The miserable with pain and scolded for no ideas,
Devoid of the grudges, the determinate of times today,
The definitely egoed and tongued for them disappointments,
Or then, the strange attachment with catchment on all ends,
The tough tongued, the tooth or the acting today.
The back to back travels in stitches and toughness,
The foul tongued and today's writing in the wilderness.
Camus-Pieces
by Odin Roark
Might it be…
Lives are merely spent
Putting fragments of one’s picture
Into place?
Is it random
We seek as children
Blocks placed to spell a word
In order to garner a smile
From Dada
Mama?
We seek a fit
By adolescence
Specific images dominate
Opposite sex
Same sex
Extreme sports
Identity sports
The journey is complex
Foreboding midlife
Roars onto the puzzle board
The making sense
Of love
Career
Images
Enigmas
The jigsaw no longer entertains
Inordinate curves
Corners
Subtleties
Don’t want to fit
Yet
Innate persistence
Shuffles old with the new
Determinate-sense the mission
Just like we were asked to believe
Our pieces were made exclusively for us
After all
We’re told
The puzzle maker is omniscient
He designed it all
He created this image
In a likeness
So…
How come the last piece
Always remains a ***** to fit
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