Somewhere...

Maybe I am there
somewhere between
a caption or a byline
lurking amid the incoherent alphabets
past the murder story
or dumped somewhere inside that garbage pic
or am I there diminished in the briefs column?
or in the ragged paragraphs of the anchor story?
perhaps my life's stuck in between the gutter space
can't move away from those ironed margins
cause I might change the alignment
of someone's life...
so here I am tossed sometimes in the flyer and skyline
or placed in the reduced fonts of the listings..
I am not there in the headline or even the subhead
I doubt whether I exist  within in the strapline or reverse
Cause if I did reside there, you would have taken a look at me
those imposing letter would have glared at you
and you would have perhaps reckoned with news
my heart wants to convey
I know I am not on the flashy promo
or rubbing shoulders with page 3 celebs
but I imagine I lay there, just like the standalone
but you flip through the pages so quickly that
it fails to grab your attention.
with the changing fonts and dummy layouts
my emotions too get manipulated
and when you see there could never be space for me
I get sifted - sometimes you hack me like the overflowing text
I am unassigned - from the page of your life, like a spiked story
and when you can't do anything more artful
you edit my portions so deftly,
changing the meaning of my whole existence!


 

Reviews

[WatcherInSilence]

Very intense and very illustrative...The way your message is conveyed renders your writing all the more beautiful and fascinating for your readers

[Nayan]

Oh my god!
Your poems have an iron grip on the readers, that does not let them move until they have read through the whole! A piece of writing personified so immensely, that I confuse myself again and again, as I read through, shifting between lines. Every line creates an awe of surprise and appreciation in me. And when you end with the phrase "you edit my portions so deftly, changing the meaning of my whole existence", I am left dumbfounded!

[Bhavya Kaushik]

It is like a random rambling, spoken words. But still, there is a hidden rhyme, a great poetic characteristic in this piece! The way you have concluded it, is beautiful!

[Shalini Dinesh (Poet's ..]

This poem is like it has come out so instantly and fresh from out of heart and emotions, lovely....

[Arabdha]

wow..this piece really made me think..there are so many questions you ask here..so many unknowns on the quest for life! wonderful..

[King Nothing]

I bet the letters just poured out in continuum .... one of the most original and fresh piece that I came across out here .... very well written ...

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

That was a turbulent ride of emotions... sifting through the meaning and your role... this is a roller coaster we all take now and then. A wonderfully whirlwind poem.