Chaos is beautiful
She used to gobble his thoughts,
Straight from the dark porcelain vessels he boiled them in.
Unadulterated,
ugly,
beautiful.
His thoughts,
Overcooked,
Hot,
They ended up leaving a bitter after taste in her
mouth.
Yet, she couldn’t help gobbling them.
They grew on her,
Like two pints of beer, 60 ml each.
Like the tune of a flute playing somewhere in the
background.
Like hushed noises in the middle of a sleepless
night.
Like life.
She would caress his walls,
And discover crevices.
Lever holding ones.
One gentle nudge and the oak panelled wall would
creak open.
Dust flew everywhere,
Engulfing everything she had left behind,
She would turn back and know that there was no
turning back.
And so she would tiptoe,
Tip toe tip toe onomatoepically,
To discover,
That he thought,
Too much.
About burying corpses erect,
to disallow them a chance to rest in peace.
About broken relationships,
And how they can be told backwards.
About chaos,
And how beautiful it is.
Somehow this feels so real to me.. So beautiful.. Again, left a smile on my lips.. There's so much sense in this peace .. It's like falling in love..
ReplyDeleteI am glad you smiled Neelashi. I am glad that you were'nt appalled by the thought process behind this poem. I am glad you liked it. :)
DeleteWhat was the thought process behind the poem?
DeleteDebosmita wrote-"I completely loved the duality and the contrast.One would say somewhere in between the coherence seemed to disappear, but it's intentionality becomes clear in the last 3 lines"
ReplyDeleteAishwarya wrote- "i read the post. and i read it again.thrice. not because i couldnt follow. but u know there are articles that u want to memorize..a few lines and say them back to urself wen u r alone. so i read it thrice.and its unadultrated, and beautiful. but not the kind of beauty that soothes ur senses. its the kind that creates ripples in still water."
ReplyDeleteHitesh said- " Beautiful, very beautiful. The very best you have written so far."
ReplyDeleteShish said- "hmm.interesting.
ReplyDeletesince you are writing about personal things, you might want to use a more personal voice in writing.Like, try to recreate your speaking voice, rather than the sanitized formal voice we use for writing"
Vibhu said- "coming of age parth. looking forward for a lot more of this. :)"
ReplyDeleteRomance with Chaos, Portrayed beautifully. The thoughts engulfing, with the ugliness of thoughts, with hints of beauty, that were always there, just couldn't be held. The Title is very well justified. Keep Writing!
ReplyDeletePS: One factual error, Beer ke pegs nahi hote, Pints, Cans, Bottles aur Pitcher hote hai :P