Monday, August 06, 2007

Lucy

Perhaps…some blue
Some red, some gold
A formless identity
A shapeless force
Perhaps…some orange,
Some ochre, some green
Twirling the sunshine
In your fingers
Squinting, blinking
Laughing in leaps.
The last time I lost you,
I left you, I loved you
Drunk in the madness
Soaked in the sadness
Perhaps…some violet
Some black, some white
Perhaps your mad eyes
Were never meant to lie—
Rain washed eyelids
Sand washed souls
Lucy…who took you?
On a night without stars?
Creeping below the window
In clandestine chains
When the sky doesn’t answer?
What part of you remains?
Perhaps…some grey
Some purple, some blue
Perhaps they never understood
Somebody like you.

7 comments:

Varun Prasad said...

Came by your blog again, and it is really looking fantastic. I love the Sketches theme, and all the little things that you have done in line with it (calling the comments smudges...classic!).

This poem is great. To be honest, I did not read it closely enough to derive much meaning from it, but it possesses a really beautiful harmony and almost seems musical. Keep up the excellent writing!

Random Doodler said...

@ Vrad: Varun, right? Thanks. Glad you dropped by.

coffee stain said...

i'd like to say i know where it was/is/could be going... but i had to google "ochre"..... so my confidence level's ain't that high rite now but none the less i am......see i am honest....and not humble....sheesh... but i'll tell ye one thing...i'd just wish the sky really would stop answerin in cal....or we'll be marooned souls........ neat i'd finally have a reason to grow a beard......ok i'll sign out rite here berfore it gets ugly

coffee stain said...

can't believe i actually wrote that ...and there are two buttons "back space" and "del"..... double deep sigh......

Bone said...

the drunkenness about it :)

i remember your old poem from srijan, there were colours in that one too, a lot of colours... i loved the way you wrote then, i love it now. why not write more often, or maybe let people see?

anastasia said...

"lucy " touches a cord..i dont know which one tho..
lucy..who took u ona night without stars...thats the one which makes the most sense. love the way uve created ur blog girl..

Sneha Singh said...

This is a lovely post :) very nice :)

Sneha