Sunday, March 18, 2012

Show me your face again..

Show me your face again
For I am beginning to forget
Its contour and features
Was it the left or the right cheek
Which had a mark from forceps
Left by a careless doctor
Or was it never there?

Show me your face again
For me to tell truth from lies
Your wrongs from your rights
Are your words benign
Or do they mean something divine

Show me your face again
To answer the myriad questions
Lurking in the labyrinth of my mind
Is the smile that I hear fake
Or a manifestation of unspoken joy?

Show me you face again
For I need to tame the storm
Raging somewhere deep inside
The echoes of murmurs from you
Taking the shape of smoke and mirrors
The face of reticence and restraint
Is not the one I can ever claim

4 comments:

  1. Anonymous5:40 PM

    Face To Face

    Day after day, O lord of my life,
    shall I stand before thee face to face.
    With folded hands, O lord of all worlds,
    shall I stand before thee face to face.

    Under thy great sky in solitude and silence,
    with humble heart shall I stand before thee face to face.

    In this laborious world of thine, tumultuous with toil
    and with struggle, among hurrying crowds
    shall I stand before thee face to face.

    And when my work shall be done in this world,
    O King of kings, alone and speechless
    shall I stand before thee face to face.

    Rabindranath Tagore

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  2. DISCLAIMER:
    1) Writing on 01 Apr, please take it with the spirit (my fav is beer)
    2) My understanding of poetry is as much as poets understand electromagnetism.

    Laugh and have fun:

    When I showed you my face again
    You gave me repeated Oraken*
    Even without broken nose and teeth,
    I would have never forgoten your name.

    Wah Wah!!! :))

    *Oraken: back fist punch in Martial arts

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  3. livinluv10:08 PM

    good one...life....

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