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Second Thought

Posted in Literature on Oct 31st, 2009 2 Comments »

Either way, we will neglect
this guesswork.
Swimming in the stream
of people encapsulated
in their self-made walls.
Jammed in traffic
of clues and hints,
lip synching the same
old line of self-defense.
A justification
followed by explanations.
Why do we choose to stay
the same?
 
For you, love is
a crossword puzzle
deciphering codes
stitching words.
If words would say rightly
the true meaning from the heart.
Then, we don’t need
a second chance
to [...]

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Rhapsody In Blue

Posted in Literature, Music on Sep 16th, 2009 6 Comments »

No string quartet.
No conductor to signal the baton.
No orchestra to anticipate my usual swoon
of randomly plucked staccato
alternating octaves
like a mad man in Vienna.
 
Alone in the stage,
I would linger
unvigorous in vibrato,
punctuating this sadness
in glissando. A solo part- how I wish
to serenade the muse. Longing
to tell her story in music-
under the sweet  delicate pitch
sorrow of Cremona.
 
The episodes, I have written on
mellow [...]

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Confessional As Plath

Posted in Film, Literature, Memoirs on Apr 28th, 2009 No Comments »

Sylvia, you struggled with the night, they don’t see you.  And the madness you have kept along since your youth, stand watch to the agony of your desire, I feel you, even if Ted fades away. They seem to like you and your outbursts of anger, unmindful of the things you are so capable of [...]

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Some Faded Photographs

Posted in Literature on Apr 18th, 2009 1 Comment »

You chose not
to keep memories.
Not to keep promises.
 
But I chose-
to keep,
each single imagery,
each single scene
into a film.
 
Tell me  a word.
And whisper niceties.
 
I consummate,
each single  line,
each single thought.
You must know.
 
I had kept you.
 
Here
some faded photographs-
of us.
 
In the quiet corner
of my mind.
 
We dream.

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Visions of Arabia

Posted in Travel on Feb 1st, 2009 No Comments »

Traffic. The car stops. This one will be longer, I guess. So I just fielded my gaze travelling into the vastness of the Arabian soil.  My mind just wander. And wander still. Back. Five years ago.
It’s early morning, I am walking along the streets of Mabini glossing over overseas employment prospects in the Middle East.  I can’t [...]

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