Nurture, nourish, nurse

Shadowed by misguided decisions,
Brightened by a candle in a storm.
Ephemeral rapture; the rule of the day.

Choking on my own words,
Gasping on hearing yours.
Leave me alone to rot and die.

Take me, use me, leave me.
A forthcoming frown found I for a friend.
Pessimism; my way of life.

Tears safely hidden in smiles.
One credible play after the other.
A facade to keep me alive.

They chose to abandon;
They increase in number.
I run back; I bleed, yet again.

You have it all; you make a statement.
You have nothing; you cannot even try.
Nurture, nourish, nurse and ditch.

PS: I think I can finally post this. Each stanza was written at different times during March and April 2008 and then I changed the order for some logical flow. I thought it was too negative to be posted then.

12 comments:

  1. Well dint really feel that negative! Somehow just felt oddly similar to one of my poems

    " My life has passed in change after change,
    now in security i feel too strange,
    My restless heart does make me go on ,
    moving and drifting on and on... "
    this is an excerpt from that

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  2. It's not that negative! In bloggerville, I can find such a huge negative vibe that this sounds less negative!

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  3. amazingly written :) and ya..it is depressing, conveys the depression alright! but i am in too good a mood today to be infected by it :)

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  4. @Taz
    Really? I was told that it was a bit too negative to publish.
    Ah, will check them out.

    @Abhishek
    Right back at you!

    @Shrav
    That's a relief. I wanted it to seem less of a rant actually. That's true.

    @strawberrymargaritas
    Well, thanks for the confirmation, the support and all that. Good for you; I am in a good mood as well. :P

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  5. leave that is to be left,
    steal wat is to be theft,
    cheer that is to be cherished,
    find wat is for you but the best

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  6. didi, hoping everything is ok with you.
    all the best for end-sems.

    sad poem. I wish I had more leisure to enjoy the lines...

    an interpretation: i tried imagining these lines with an old woman whose sons and daughters don't care about her anymore. actually suits somewhere here n there!

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  7. @Anon
    Left.
    Stolen
    Cherished.
    Found.

    Now what?

    @Abhishek sim
    Sab theek taak hai.
    Thanks. And wish you the same.
    Sad na? I knew it.
    Actually yeah, that's a different interpretation. I hadn't thought about it.

    @Abhishek
    Ah huhn. I see.

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  8. @leela
    put it in an infinite loop u will find wat one lives .....

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  9. 1. sab theek thaak hai

    2. why?

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  10. Amazing poem..Actually moving depending on how one interprets..

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