Sunday, May 07, 2006

The Life Sentence

Every single day
I get up
And wish
for death.
Most days
it becomes
a fervent, pleading prayer.

And yet, nothing happens.

The Gods call it
A Life Sentence.

When they give you a long life
And make all of it
feel like
A sentence.
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9 comments:

  1. WrijuSun May 07, 08:01:00 pm GMT+5:30

    Read your poem and I thought about my granny in her home, all alone. Most often she is lost in her books and people do come over to see her every now and then.
    I stay far away, in a different city, but sometimes she comes over and other times I visit her. Then for some fleeting moments her face bears a broad beaming smile :-)

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  2. Figurines of glassMon May 08, 11:05:00 am GMT+5:30

    thanks...i don't know what else to say..going thru very trying times in life..but i'm sure i'll get by.. :)

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  3. How do we knowMon May 08, 12:31:00 pm GMT+5:30

    Hi Wriju:
    Wow! yes.. somehow, things you write remind me of Anne Frank so often.. this one also reminds me of a very profound thing that I read in Anne Frank's diary..

    Dear Tell me no more:
    Whatever it is, am arnd if u need to talk... and in the meantime, take care..

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  4. stellarTue May 09, 04:27:00 am GMT+5:30

    Hey thanks for appreciation...really liked ur poem :-) somewhat true too.
    tk cr

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  5. Figurines of glassTue May 09, 11:10:00 am GMT+5:30

    u..stranger...hmm..i get more n more suspicious abt u day by day..espc the way u write, what u write..it all sounds so familiar :P

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  6. Nidhi NarayanWed May 10, 11:19:00 pm GMT+5:30

    hi, this ones really hits hard on the face, so true.....and well written.

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  7. How do we knowFri May 12, 03:56:00 pm GMT+5:30

    Hi Stellar: Anytime!!

    Hi tell me no more: Where is the surprise if you connect with someone you do not know in the physical world? For all you know, we might just connect in the physical world too! :-)

    Hi Nidhi: Thanks! How have u been?

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  8. Known StrangerFri May 12, 05:47:00 pm GMT+5:30

    well written. a deep thought rising in me.

    a life sentence with a single short word .

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  9. catch 22Mon May 22, 09:04:00 am GMT+5:30

    So profound. Good blog u have here. :)

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