Friday, February 18, 2011

Murder in the Capacity of a Switchblade







When you murdered me
My blood was white.
My blood was bleached long back in childhood.
My spirit said no to any new colour.
And I survived colourless.

When you murdered me in the capacity of a switchblade
I didn’t shout. I was busy observing your gingerly efforts
You didn't know I had a white blood?
Till you aimed Forty one cuts in me
Did you?

It’s a long story that worked to bleach me white.
When you crushed me, I still smelt fragrance.
Which assaulted your nose in disdain.
I had dreams in my eyes,
And an urge to fly
To express dance
To caper in energies of bubbles of laughter.

I was celebrating silence when you came to blade me.
You tampered with my brain,
And managed to snap me in forty one attempts.
Blood sluiced out in white.
I remember your expression.
There was pain on your face,
And were grumbling something about your pain
And I smiled
And I had an independence waiting on me to beat about.

I have realized
You could never
touch me.
I could still smile…
And I can’t stop laughing
It took you forty one aims!
I was a tough nut to crack.

There are mysteries in me..
When you murdered me
My blood was white.
And your face was just as white..

17 comments:

  1. Dark poem... :P But. Lovely... :D

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  2. Your blog has got an award from me... look at http://rachitlifestyle.blogspot.com/2010/12/sudden-death-part-1.html

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  3. Brilliantly written....loved your dark milky flight of fancy!!

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  4. wow.. thanx for the award Rachit..I must say it felt really good.... :)

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  5. Thanx dear Wondering Soul.. ;) thanx for lurking around my blog ....:D

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  7. Thanx Akshita for thy greatest of all verses, ... ;)

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  8. well written...who's the butcher?

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  9. well, all i can say is..since I am dead, no point in De-engraving the story... :)

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  10. well... i loved it!!! simple yet intriguing... its one of ur best till nw :)

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  11. Thanx for bringing a twinkle in my eye Harry :)

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  12. Sullenly Murky..but liked it..you write good:)

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  13. it totally depends on my mood.. which was certainly not very good at that point.. and thanx for liking it..

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