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THE CUL-DE-SAC (Free verse) by kawakurdi
You traversed the slopes and heights,
The valleys and highways of these thoughts and theories
Until you reached the cul-de-sac
And your mind locked you in
O??? God, O??? God
Is there a face somewhere that can turn on a torch for me?
Is there a memory that can revive a hope
For this collapse?
I turn all my existence into a small entity
Lest I would lose sight of you
Lest a storm would blow
That would erase you from these waves
I am a prisoner in the underground of my mind
There appear neither skies, nor clouds
Neither time is born
Nor place has a motion
Impossible is the state of lack of dimension
Impossible is the stillness of the particles
But my mind has shut the doors on me
Changed the chains of distance into nothingness
That is why I render all my consciousness into
a small awareness spot
Lest I should lose you
Lest a typhoon would rise
And snatch you away from this storm.
But I am a prisoner in the solitary cell of my mind
Neither thought grows wings
Nor passion catches fire
Everything is stillness inhabited by non-existence
That is why I turn my eyes into a small water-spring
Keeping you alone in it as a handful of sand
Lest a volcano should erupt
And swallow you along with this typhoon.
But my mind has locked me behind rusty iron doors
Sunk me in the void of absurdity
Took me to Neitherland
And told me:
Here you can become a king.
The King of Nothingness.
Look beyond the cycle of Being:
Watch the absurd game
Laugh if you can
Laugh at yourself, your God,
At Life and Death,
At those Robotic people
Who are chasing the rainbow
But I reduce all my thoughts
Into one single beautiful Idea
And maintain you in it
Lest a Hell should rise
And swallow you along with this typhoon
No I cannot laugh at the game of Nihilism
No I cannot watch my death
From beyond the cycle of being and the universe
That is why I still turn my whole life
into a bearable pain
in which I create you
I create you
with Love.
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Arithmetic Mean: 5.25
Weighted score: 5.0672355
Overall Rank: 6636
Posted: July 23, 2002 11:47 AM PDT; Last modified: July 23, 2002 11:47 AM PDT
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