Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Flying on the dusty street,
climbing the naked mountain,
painting pictures of the dead,
using the blood for ghastly stain.

How long need I tread my soul,
in favor of the road ahead?
Is that a smile to the lips of the child,
or is it just for another loaf of bread.

I fly and seek all the vales,
past which the rivers flow.
But all I recieve my little friend,
is just another fatal blow.

For thus the joker lives,
and trades his tales for gold.
Until the crowd tells him one day,
that his lullabies are a bit too old.

A little grave under a pinch of sod,
where the story lives ever and again,
behind the curtains and the hills,
the dusty street and the mountain.

3 comments:

Samit Roy said...

Thanks Arup for your comment on my aquarium blog!

I like 'randomness'! That's why I like Karen Randal's work than Amano! Amano is too stiff, too constructed, like Japanese Gardens!

All those pictures are dated between 2003 and 2006!

Thanks again for your comments!

Samit Roy said...

PS. I like your poetry! But, I was expecting some pictures of your tank, here! :)

elopathari said...

Samit,

Thanks! Well, I am an extremely indisciplined writer. These are pieces that date back to the early 2000s on a cold wintry night at a small place called Hans-Sur-Lesse (a sponsored conference with good wine :-). I wish I had more time for myself. Travelling from Whitefield to Trinity circle sure does take its toll on the creativity aspect of one's life :-) Well, you are probably getting this longish reply because I am sitting in Dehradun (again, some good conference with a "Kingfisher" ending:-).

I really hope to post pics of my tanks on one of these days.

I have a comment/querry that I have posted on your blog.

Cheerios,
Arup