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Change

The Dark Lord — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:20:58 +0000

I resisted when you wanted change
Unswayed I was, by the promise of new
So, holding on to the things of old
I lost you along the way..

Years went by, and change I did
Steered by the changing times
And through seasons of the old and new,
I missed you by my side..

Trudging along, down the cobbled streets
A slight limp in the aged feet
Pushed aside by the youth of new
I saw you walking by..

So here it was after eons had past
The beating of a deadened heart
The glory of some age old love
And we walked on, side by side..

Posted for One Single Impression.

A few spoken words..

The Dark Lord — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 03:40:28 +0000

As the months and years fly by, and I make the transition from a student to an office employee, and the gaps between my successive blog posts get inceasingly longer I feel I fumble for words, not for lack of any, but for the torrential deluge of words, fragments, phrases, sentences, even gigantic essays, and more. The images that engender such, get more varied, confusing, blurry, at times even conflicting. Often, the chequered shades have even surpassed vocabulary.
A few days back I celebrated my 24th birthday which, like many times before, remained witness to a lot of resolutions. One, relevant to this blog, was to write more and I truely hope I’ll be able to honour that, at least for some time! Here’s a short poetic attempt, in response to the One Single Impression weekly prompt, after a really, really long time!

In the silence of day
I walk you through my wheat field
Where spoken words mean so less
And you convey through expressive eyes
That glow with candour
At the golden harvest

Hollow Scapes..

The Dark Lord — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 04:53:41 +0000

Hold on to me
Through layers that bind
Sweaty palms that threaten to slip
Tears of pain glistening in kohl rimmed eyes
Pale shadows of doubt that menacingly waver
Pierced by spoken words laced with sarcasm
‘Where the night ends, why doesn’t the day begin?’,
You question and I hear -
A despair that keeps warmth at bay..

Throwing away your bottled fears
And shattered dreams of years past that lay forgotten
Trampled by merciless time
Scattered and blown by powerful winds from the desert
That move giant dunes with disdain
You survive and live to tell the tale of another day

Hand in hand we walk towards a new dawn
In search of a new world where days might be longer
To rest peacefully under the cool shade of a leafy bough
Stare with silent wonder at a beautiful sunset
That nurtures dormant desires with multicoloured hues
A whiff of what could have been, of what can be
Before night swallows the nascent dreams
And hand in hand we will walk again under a starry night
In search of a new day…

Posted for One Single Impression.

Calm

The Dark Lord — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 05:21:02 +0000

Standing alone at brink of dawn
With lonely shadow for company
Wistful eyes, for what had been
Through winds of change, never more shall be

The distant din at midnight hour
When people laugh, when people cry
Distanced by a mere few miles
Calmed at this side of night

Posted for One Single Impression. Thanks to my friend Jim for the prompt this week.

Echoes

The Dark Lord — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 04:57:09 +0000

Echoes from the desertland
Through sands of time

Shadows of footprints
Lost in blizzards of yesteryear

Play of stratified rainbow
Blurred into shades of grey

Epiphany of my tremulous rose
Wilted under blazing sun

The days of youthful glory
Mere remnants of a wrinkled tale

Inane whisper uttered into night
Greeted by pervading silence..

Posted for One Single Impression.

The Passing

The Dark Lord — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 17:54:16 +0000

The day was finally over
And the sun was setting,
Casting it’s tired glow over the darkening sky
As the dwindling rays got numbered…
It had been a long day
A colossal journey, come to an end
And night had come
Sweeping away the last strains of the golden light
O, so sweet, with the cool whisps
Of the earth’s smoke, bearing that soulful fragrance
And the silent sounds
Promising blissful slumber
In a dreamless wonderland.

Ah! But the memories do remain
Of the bygone day
And the events, and the promises
Of the deeds, fulfilled and unfulfilled
Of the playful banterings and relationships
So significant and intense
Yet, blurred with the passing evening
Silhouetted images, pushed further away
Now, mere fleeting instances
Of the sounds, and the smells
And the tender touches
Feelings which could still warm amidst the setting chill
Tugging resolutely, until finally
The day gives way to the glorified night

Leaving, but mere memories, at it’s wake…

Posted for “One Single Impression“

Dawn

The Dark Lord — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:12:54 +0000

Go gentle into the night
Through the magical realm of twilight
On the lap of the scented breeze
And the evening warmth
Over distant meadows and other shores
Bracing the inky darkness
Further and further away
Into murky scapes of past
A fallen angel no more

And how I long for that blessed feel
Lost on me forever
But for the pale shadows
Of fond memories…

Posted for One Single Impression.

Trembling

The Dark Lord — Sun, 16 May 2010 07:59:24 +0000

In the dark portals of this mundane realm
Shimmering with an earthly glow
And the weight of a thousand spoken words
That were once uttered in disdain
Now trembling at the prospect of Judgement
Ringing with a murmured finality
Pervading the chaotic senses
And compelled by the hallowed altar
A staid coldness descends
Reducing the hardened shell into a tremulous lair
With a ruthless vengence
Corroding the righteousness with a sickly pallour
Inner self laid bare
Now its pay back time.

Posted for One Single Impression

Exam Time

The Dark Lord — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:57:58 +0000

I haven’t been blogging for a “really” long while, now.. and this time I can safely say, its due to the exam time blues! I’m now into my Final Semester Engineering Exams, the last of the lot, which caps a rather difficult (and interesting) four year long journey. During my school days, I had always aspired to be an engineer, and This Is Finally It, I guess. Actually, its difficult to comprehend, maybe, it’ll sink in once the examinations are over. I’ve been thinking of writing a sort of a “look-back” entry on my journey to and through Engineering college, these last four years. Maybe it’ll happen once the exams are done with..

Meanwhile, I guess I’m missing out on all the action here in blogland. I really, really miss blogging, and I hope to get back to it once I’m through with this. Friends, don’t forget me!!

Memories of a lost Valentine

The Dark Lord — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:14:16 +0000

You keep the fire burning
Through the eternal voyage
That started from the cauldron of love
To burn evermore
Far into the realms of the other world
And rooted deep in the chasms of this
Always anointing me with the holy smoke
That thick and dense curl upwards
Into myriad, mysterious shapes
Beckoning me into understanding
And ushering in an era of feelings

You keep the fire burning
As you journey the neverending voyage
In the backdrop of magical scapes
In that other world of peace and infinite power
Detached from the black smudges of sin
Which bear the curse of pain and mortality
That shrouds me in these mundane planes
With warped images and shallow illusions
Borne by its very essence
Now thwarted by golden memories
And the purity of longing for what has left

Posted for One Single Impression.