Now this is a complex one. one confusing metaphor i'd say. read it carefully. you'll either love it, or seriously loathe it. it cant stir apathy........
The Heavenly Funeral
I am being carried off by spirits,
Who are embodiments of greater things
Agony, numbness, solitude and loss
Weird names, I say, for unscathed wings
The angels weep for being helpless
With unceasing fear, their eyes alight
The fairies reach for my hands again
And never let go, till pushed aside
Amidst trickling tears and loosening clutches
The procession pours to the gates of heaven
I gaze back and blame my nonchalance
For I can't understand what's about to happen
The great gray gates unbolt leading out
Where there's darkness except for a few stars
That lazily cast their gleams on me
As I am thrown down like autumn flowers
A long weightless fall directs me
As I slide down strata of many a hue
The ethereal spectacle of the Eden fades
As a whole new world spins into view
Faintly, I can feel a throbbing chest
And swollen eyes, that imbibe radiance
My arms and feet can now flutter
But strangely, to me, they seem aliens
And then, at a far away lonesome place
I find myself crawling out into light
But the smiles all around perplex me
What was the funeral about in paradise?
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2 comments:
The ending , "What was the funeral about in paradise?" got me hold of the poem.
Had the line been missing, the poem wouldn't have made much sense to me. I kind of am not used to of such high reads !!
I wonder how do you express yourself on simply one idea in such varied shades. You got a cool vocab, and lovely weaving of your thoughts!
The poem is good otherwise. I guess I am so much a wrong person to give my feedback on this one write. So I'd say, don't take the feedback with any sense , please.
I am kind of not used to of reading on such genres usually. Hey, would you sometime post something..... sweet and lovely. May be something like 'Love' :)
Cares and Shares .... [shares what, I don't know, hehe]
Jannat Sultan :)
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