Sunday, August 27, 2006

Insomnia


Sleep unfulfilled of a restless night
Hair thinning in an eternal fight
Salt and pepper on my head
I toss and turn all night in my bed.

The 9:24 local in my reach
Money, money, I inwardly beseech
From the torture, my mind and body bleeds
Five mouths, and I’m the only one who feeds.

The limping man, old and blind
Of my lesser struggle does remind
I stand between sanity and madness, a thin line
I feel like molten gold without any shine

No wonder insomnia strikes in such alacrity
When, with eyes wide open, dreams this city.

10 comments:

G said...

That was brilliant!It's the best I've read of your stuff so far, I'd like to read more of your poems...you captured the essence of what you were trying to say perfectly...it's a slight harsh and haunting reminder of what many people go through here...I loved it, need I say more?

Anonymous said...

Oh, wat a beautiful expression…
How precisely n concisely contained the essence of an entire existence.
Everytime I halted to pick a line I loved, n could identify with… I found another n another.
But I think I ll stick by this as the best, n my fav,

“I stand between sanity and madness, a thin line
I feel like molten gold without any shine”

ma’am… you write really well.

= rich

Hazel Dream said...

I stand between sanity and madness, a thin line
Pretty

AlterinG Abhishek said...

WOW!!
Hey..This isreally an amazing expression.
you should copyright and publish yaar
goos..

Aditi said...

beautiful... with eyes wide open, dreams this city..

--Sunrise-- said...

Interesting read... thanks...

Of course, my favourite line is: I stand between sanity and madness, a thin line

You gotta strike a balance between sanity and insanity...

PS: I noticed you blogrolled me as 'o anonymous reader'... ahhhhh! :)

- o anonymous reader

Tejas said...

Nice!

Its 1.30 am. Dunno when I'll sleep:)

karmic said...

Damn.. this rocks girl! Very good.

karmic said...

i keep appearing and disappearing from ur blogroll...i wonder why...
is it a blogger problem?


It is not blogger, I think I must have accidentally deleted your link along with some others. Sorry, you are back up there now. :)

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