Deadly Din

Promises, kept and broken
Words minced, said, left undone
Sleeping princess was just woken
Too late, very high up was the sun

Pandora’s pot, once filled, now emptied
Hush in the air, amidst fitful gushes
Heartless, spineless, bickered, quibbled
Vividly recalling the quondam celestial touches

A deadly silence in a din
No grudges, not all wars you win
A loud thud in a lethal still
Finally decking beloved at own will

Star, you still shine bright in a moonless sky
You are both angel and demon within you
Voice choked, dry of sadness, full of wry
All known now is, if only it was, but true

Of all surreal dreams, this one was for real
No pain, no rue, no trepidation to feel
Sails set to go, amidst the storm
Bereft of the summer’s chill; the winter’s warm

It was just another of the species
A man, a dog, a snake that hisses
Shameless coward, was blurted loud for a mile
Those words girthed around for a while

Spineless, heartless, shameless; all said and done
But still like the cited coward there was none
Only of its kind, the innocence and charm
Words which never wanted to cause any harm

Life is all but true
Just the same, in all its hue
Yet…
Nothing’s new, nothing’s new

-Ships

After note:
This post is about many-a-those situations you deal with in life in real. Severing ties with a beloved; or mourning a loved one’s demise…

Just felt like penning down a few words. When I started writing, I had both these situations at the back of my mind. One of unkept promises, sarcasm and hurt; and the other of a girl’s ire against God, who she thinks is a coward to have stolen her dad from her like that – when all was well and he was ready to go home hale and hearty; almost like stabbing from behind, spineless Almighty…

I wanted to write both the things in one-piece and this is what I could deliver. Read it differently for both the situations. Don’t know if it does justice to any of the two.