Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Pyromania

Yesterday I burnt my shadow,
Now there is nothing that creeps beside me,
Finally there is peace inside me,
Its shrieks were lost in furnace bellow.

In infernal flames I thrust myself,
It fused my guts and charred my bone,
I traveled on pyre to liberty,
Now, elevated, I walk alone.

“Jala hai jism jahan dil bhi jal gaya hoga Kuredte ho raakh aarzoo kya hai?”
~Ghalib
Inspired by :-

"From a seed it started,
And to ashes it will burn,
This is the world,
God chose to churn."
~Anonymous

6 comments:

Prateek Mohan said...

tooo Good again!!!
Wish I had that same mastery with expressing thoughts so lucidly...

Shwetank said...

@ killprof_achilles: You are too generous to call my humble efforts masterly. Thanks :)

Floyd said...

In infernal flames I thrust myself,
In restless dreams, I walked alone.

Hello darkness, my old friend, here I come to talk to you again....

Shwetank said...

What if my dreams coincide with yours?
You will no more be alone :)

Floyd said...

So, you still haven't figured out whose lines these were! Ha?

"From a seed it started,
And to ashes it will burn,
This is the world,
God chose to churn."

Shwetank said...

I had a hunch, now I know :)