Thursday, September 29, 2016

Into a strange familiarity!


Dark it was when I stepped in, checked it again after a long time,
It was dense, denser than usually is, but lesser on me, lesser slime
What jinx does it hold! This place was never this way! Never so grime!
Yet, it dares me! It dares me to take my eyes off - a paradox in every paradigm!

Moving closer to the woods, fear clutches heart, crushes the soul
Last, I was in it, I cried and feared and crumbled and mumbled
It caught me, raised me to choke, my life took a toll as a whole!
Struggled to see light, craved to be right, I stumbled and fumbled!

Darkness is never new, but what it beholds in mystery, never told
Memories ensemble darkness and its mystery, anima holed!
Its roots and branches spread wide - it will kill me, it foretold
‘On fire the woods shall be’, says mind! Heart called it to behold!

(Inspired by the art of Navaneethan)