catharsis – Virtual Marionette

March 11, 2024

Who are you? (4)

I have known you for a while!
Distant places reach out to me
Like photos in the album of my memory.
Words stuck in between pauses,
Phrases lost in translation,
The poignant sound of silence-
Remind me of a surreal ‘you’.

The waves of time hit on the shores
Of what my eyes cannot perceive.
A sharp jab of pain unnerves me.
Reality is but a knife widening the cracks
Of my delusional fantasies.
Question marks keep piling on my answers.
A never-ending battle between my needs and wants
Creates a face that resembles yours.
Who are you?
A treacherous game that never finishes,
Or a ray of hope that never diminishes?

P.S.: You might also want to have a look at the other parts of ‘Who are you?’. Check my previous posts for that.

October 12, 2021October 13, 2021

Wasted

Nostalgia spun with threads of void
Often reminds me of the dark:
The one that I abhor, with passion galore.
The eyes are tired of premonitions
Dictated by the treacherous mind.
Living every moment involves
Seeing hopes crash a little more,
Dying smiles burn a little more.

Wires hanging in utmost negligence,
In the streets reeking of cheap rum,
Remind me of days wasted in doubt.
Making a leap of faith is not easy
For those fearing aim.
The real fear strikes;
‘What I could be’ fades a little more
In the dominance of ‘What I am’.

September 23, 2021

Nobody

Every time I see trash in you,
A veil of innocence falls off;
A drop of patience dries out.
My masks are numerable, I fear;
Your sophistry expands into infinity.
The part that knows me,
Resists what I am becoming.
Newness shines in the light of fake glory;
Somewhere, a murderer establishes his own victory.

Your falseness scares me often;
Hideous truths that make you up,
Give me a sense of assurance.
I am wearing out,
You change forms uncountably;
This battle seems futile.
Every time I see trash in you,
A veil of faith falls off.
Well, I am just a ‘nobody’!

March 30, 2021

Trap

In a fragile cage of reality,
A part of me is trapped.
Escaping is not easy,
The pull is stronger than my push.
Reluctance is building what impatience had destroyed;
Even the unbound realms of my mind
Now know what to avoid.

A part of me is trapped,
And that what is free,
Revolts against what I think I am.
I fear breaking this aviary
For what seems unreal is unearthly.
Stuck in this game of ‘true-untrue’,
I realize the meaning of acceptance;
All that impatience had destroyed
Are brought to life,
Rejuvenating my reluctance.

March 8, 2020March 8, 2020

Who are you?

Who are you?
Somebody whom I think I know
Or just an imagination,
Who claims to know me?

Are you that unearthly tuft of grass,
Lying on the ground,
Years ago,
Seemingly real,
When I rewind, it reads,
“Error 404: File not found.”?

Are you an era,
Where parody becomes the new praise,
Clarity defines haze?
A face in the crowd that stands still,
And when I look around,
I fall prey to my demons again.

Who are you?
The face of the one I see,
And the soul of somebody I feel?
Do you know who you are?
Do you belong to this unreal reality?