REVIVAL

 

Turned away from words and meanings 

When everything else seemed trivial 

in the face of mundane battles

Today your departure has triggered 

Something which has no name 

from deep within the dark recesses of the mind

The thoughts refuse to be stopped

Daring to be attired in cloaks of words

Breathless trying to rein them in, tame them 

Chores beckon 

But unable to pay attention 

Unruly words curdling and frothing

The thoughts refuse to stop

For whatever it is worth or not 

What might have been written that day in the letter

No fragment of memory lingers

But the reply that was received 

Those moments when you picked up that pen 

and let the words flow onto the paper 

like many a time before

And many a time after

But those moments it was just you and me!!!

Thank you for reintroducing me to myself

Who had been buried under an 

avalanche of contrived indifference

Thank you for letting me find me 

For now at least

I had been lost and floundering

The captivity was paralysing

I was angry with words and words paid no heed 

Thank you for helping me reinvent myself

Thank you for allowing me to speak again to myself 

Thank you for reminding me to listen to myself 

For now that is 

I am rambling but I am revelling in the freedom

The shackles have been broken for now at least

Let me peep out, let me venture for some time at least

Until worldly matters banish me 

to the netherworlds of silence and apathy yet again

I seek no external visibility 

For now becoming visible for myself shall suffice