Daily Poetry #38, March 7, 2017
Word: Eyes
When I open my eyes,
I hope to see blue skies.
I want to see the truth,
But all I see are lies.
Where I had proof,
Nonsense stands up.
It's always changing,
Where I'm standing.
I stand on soft ground,
That collapses from crying.
My fault, that's what I've found,
“Help me.” I whisper.
Looking up with weary eyes,
As the passing breeze sighs.
Closing them again, I avoid,
The gift of reality that dies.
Now I see what I've destroyed.
You look so empty, sweetie.
Covering my ears
To avoid my fears,
But life still creeps in,
As my lonely heart cheers.
Like the light wind,
I sigh along with it.
“I'm sorry,” I overuse,
It's that word I abuse.
All alone, seemingly,
Life discontinues.
At least, for this me,
Because I closed my eyes.
Without your heat,
I'll wait and take my seat.
Will you wait a hundred years?
Please don't sigh in defeat,
I'll conquer my fears,
Just for you, my dear.
With a sigh, I wake once more,
And I can feel your heat like before.
This girl who's slept for so long,
You're the one she woke for.
She depends on you to help her along,
“Hello there!”
1.Seeds of desire cause
all-beings ever suffer.
2.Desire, free from birth
desire less solution creates.
3.Desirelessness, above wealthy, any
wealth unequals that.
4.Pure; desireless, truthfulness yields
pure in heart.
5.Desireless, suffers not rest
are not desire less.
6.Desire less escaping righteousness
it displeases weak
7.Killing desires, obtain unfailing
deeds as desired.
8.Distress discontinues for desire less
rest, sorrows overflow.
9.Ceasing of melancholy desires
yields ceaseless joy.
10.Eliminating unfulfilling desire which
yields great pleasure.
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Dedicated to Thiruvalluvar(31B.C), the author in Tamil
Translated by S.Kandasamy, MUSIRI, TAMILNADU, INDIA
Published in poetrysoup.com on 15-12-13
Popcorn and assorted snacks in hand
My vision obscured with the theatres darkness
The streets permeated with shrieks of horror
Artificial blood oozes earthward from the victims
Flesh being feasted upon
Brains gnashed into pudding
Goosebumps slither up my body
Lights illuminate the deadline of the movie
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Bewilderment dominates humanity
Our perception dazed in abhorrence
The pavement eclipsed with hustling bodies
Genuine vital fluids cascade from carcasses
Sinews chomped on
Squishy matter engorged in mouths
Horripilation wriggles in me
Hope abandons existence
-
Despair fluctuates through me
My sight conceives facts
Asphalt collides with my face
Hemoglobin departs out of my possession
Body tissue separated from my leg
My cerebral cortex out of reach
Agony scorches inside
Endurance beckons me to flee
-
Delirium sears through
My eyes dim and hazy
An alley my last mortal destination
My internal juices idle
Epidermis mutilated
My mind discontinues
Death replaced with the need….
The need to feed
The river in my hand
Continues flowing through
Whenever there is no dam
My waters will ensue
But if there is a dam
My waters can not pursue
As the river in my hand
Discontinues its issue
Dedicated to my Dad
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