Thursday, February 10, 2011

Long walk

Long walk

I JUST SAW MY FAVOURITE PAGES OF AN ON-THE-MAKING BOOK BURN
JUST SPOTTED YELLOW PATCHES ON MY FACE
A MORGUE IN MY CHEST AND POLICE STATION IN HEAD
I CLOSE MY EYES AND ANGELS SMILE I OPEN THEM AND DEMONS CHASE
THERE IS A DEVIL IN MY EYES
THERE ARE REASONS WHY YOU ALL SIGH (AT ME)
I STILL SMILE AND YOU WORRY MORE
AS YOU SEE I’M BLIND AND WALKING ROUGH TOWARDS THE SHORE
THE FREAK IS WALKING ON THE CORNICE OF A MULTISTORIED ROOF
AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THERE IS NOTHING TO DO
IF THE FREAK IS SO SCREWED TO WALK SO HIGH
WHERE HE IS FURTHER TO THEM ALL THAN THE SKY
IT’S A LOST CASE YOU SEE HE DREAMT OF PLAYING WITH THE MOON
IN A DEATH CEREMONY HE THOUGHT HE WAS THE GROOM!
WHY DON’T START PELTING STONES AT HIM HELP HIM DIE
BEFORE HE LAUNCHES ON MORE CIRCUSS ON AN UNCERTAIN SUICIDE?
YOU SAY IT’LL BREAK MY HEART AS I LOVE HIM
BUT I SAY I’M HEARTLESS ITS JUST A PUMPING MACHINE
TICKLING ON FOR A NUMB’S PHYSICAL EXISTANCE
IT JUST SEES CAN’T CATCH A FEEL OR A SENSE
I’LL WITNESS THESE ALL IN SILENCE AND TRY TO GET CALM
MY EMOTIONAL CIRCUSS SELF-MOCKERY
THROUGH THE HOLE ON MY PALM
I SAW A FLOCK OF BIRDS DIVE INTO FIRE
YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE ME,
’M A FAITHFUL TRAITOR A BORN LIAR!
WE GROW STONES WHEN BLOOD CATCHES COLD
NO ONE WILL UNDERSTAND MY LANGUAGE
UNTILL THEY SEE THE SKULL ROLL
A CLAUSTROPHOBIC MESS MY STINKING SKIN’LL SUFFOCATE YOU
ON THE RUN I HIT A WALL WRITTEN “TABOO!”
CHILDREN AND ANGELS WERE PLAYING
ON THE OTHERSIDE OF THE WALL IN A GARDEN
I LOOKED STILL A GUARD SPOTTED ME FROM A WATCHTOWER
AND SPRAYED BULLETS IN MY BRAIN
I SAW DARK THEN WHITE AND FINAL GLIMPSE WAS A SMILE OF A MATE
I BREATHED I WHISTLED I SMILED ON THE TREBLE
DESPITE IMMENSE POSSIBILITY OF CREATING OWN FATE
THERE IS AN IMPRINT ON OUR FOREHEAD READING “IMPOSSIBLE!”

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