Phantasm!
Those streets,
silent like a dead man’s heart
One that I
ran through, knocking on that turf
Knocking
hard, running violent, losing breath
Dark night Dark
Street and dark ravens
Flying by
me, flying over me
I was lost,
I was scared, fear of reality
(When are we not, we drink own blood, we
rise)
Ho Ho!
Somebody laughing, who it was,
I looked
around, those sleepy vehicles by road side
Street
lamps, one that seemed punished to stand still
And to watch
over, those dogs sniffing around garbage dump
Or that
whore waiting by the roadside to lure somebody
I kept
running, faster, and more desperate
To run away
of all those mocking thugs
To not to get
crushed under the screeching wheels of those vehicles
Light scared
me, my shadow dragging me down
Oh I hated
him, or did I hate myself
I could not
think, I was unable, or helpless
(As we are every now and then)
Pity! I kept
running, to the end of the lane
I could not
see anymore, or I was already in there
Darkness
awaited me there, I felt hypnotized
Eyes see only
till mind wishes to, mine was dead
Muscles
cramped, nerves twitching, still
I could not
stop, I felt heavy pain, gasping
I had to
follow, like a slave, running behind his master
I was slave
of my shadow; ray of reality was playing with us
Only darkness
could save, I wished to dissolve into
My knees
passed away, I fell onto my face
Fell like a
tree, one after being cut
I could not
cry, I could not move
Or I was
merely not allowed to,
Remember! I
had already become a slave
Slave of illusions,
slave of dreams
As I slowly
became the part of darkness
Darkness inside
black ink of pen in my hand!
By: Praveen
Parasar
Date:
22/05/2013
