Tuesday, November 6, 2007

The Outcast


Tantalizingly close yet a breath too far
Holding on to the cornerstone of my existence
The endless pursuit in search of my identity
Engaged in the futile endeavor to belong…

I walk on the wall of sanity
Daring to look over the edge…
I create my world, where you belong…
I dare to dream of a world where we belong…

Who are they to pass a verdict…
Who gives them the power to fetter my feelings
I dare them to bind the sea
I challenge them to come here and see

Time flows on…as it always does
Carrying with it the flimsy excuse we call humanity
The elaborate masquerade…
To hide their fear of me…you…and us who are different

The crime of love made me an outcast
Romance made me a madman and a fool
But to cap it all, I refused to be a bootlicker
So, helpless, they killed me

I do not write this to complain
Or to change society, to prove the might of the ‘aged’ pen
I write to seek the reason
Why they couldn’t just let me be…

3 comments:

Apeksha said...

Its beautiful....simply engrossing....n just...too expressive for words.....yet you manage to trap the words in your spell....I love the way your imagination goes beyond the normal...or what we call normal conventionally at least....just flows into your words.....you are too great at this i tell u....keep writing

Enlightener said...

Mind blowing ...i just got into the word lost from the world..It was really good...Hey Ritayan da...where do ya get the pictures of your blog..there are really wonderful....
P.S.Read The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseni..One of the best books i ever read. Loved it....Rock on!!

M. S. said...

one thing i noticed while reading your posts was a thought of reading myself all over again ..

The presence of pain in its absence..keep writing dude ..!

Nice to see you outcast ...