Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Rebellion, Our religion

The passageway is narrow,
Frightening even in broad daylight,
There are so many like me,
Yet, unlike me,
Lost in the chaos of whose making, I wonder?
Barely is there any space,
To crawl to the other side,
Yet, no one wants be left behind.

Everyone bleeds,
Little by little,
In blood many stories are written and forgotten
To cringe in disgust will not be our shame,
The rules are different,
They most certainly won’t inspire a nation,
Even the closest shall flee.
If rebellion is our religion,
Then in our religion,
We are all corrupted, unborn...

From the fabric of lies,
Are stitched the clothes of morality,
Oh, how often we long to be naked,
Yet, naked, they tell you is ugly,
Even God must don a white flowing robe,
To save our mortal soul.

And this was to be a poem about God,
Such were my thoughts when I started,
See, life seldom takes you on a journey,
That would have you turning the rosary,
Not until you stumble into the crater of your heart,
And dislike what you find,
The uprising of the dormant seed,
Is then just a question of time.

10 comments:

Kadambari said...

My words will not be able to do justice with your words....
I am just someone who is touched by your words

Kadambari bhatt

Kadambari said...

My words will not be able to do justice with your words
I am just someone who is touched by your words....

Kadambari Bhatt

Subhrashis Adhikari said...

WoW! Lovely...


This reminds me of....

“Saints, I see
The world is mad
If I tell the truth
They rush to beat me
If I lie they trust me”
…….
“The Hindu says Ram is the Beloved,
The Turk says Rahim.
Then they kill each other.
No one knows the secret.”
…...
“Kabir says, listen saints!
Whatever I say, nobody gets it.
it's too simple."

...by Kabir

Someone is Special said...

I have read around 10,00 poems so far but none can be touching as this one.. WORDLESS and HATS OFF Ismita..

Someone is Special

:-Dee said...

absolutely thought provoking!! very well-written!

Rachit said...

the uprising awaits us all :)

Weakest LINK

Taste Melanger said...

Just discovered your blog...very well written. Beautiful thoughts..will read more.

Anamika

Ismita Tandon said...

@Kadambri, you leave me speechless :)

@Sub...The world is mad
If I tell the truth
They rush to beat me
If I lie they trust me...thank you for sharing:) I am a grt admirer of kabrir's work.

@SISpl, hey you ahve actually read as many as 10K? wow, hats off to you! Honest, thats neat!

@Taste Junction, ok first of all I love your blog name :) and thank you so much for reading my poetry! Keep stoppin by at my junction :)

Ismita Tandon said...

@ Dee, thank you! yup yup food for thought absolutely!

Ismita Tandon said...

@Rachit, thank you so much!

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