Sunday 1 June 2008

Consciousness of an end

When you feel something truly
It too will feel your presence
The reciprocity of action has a revelation
Far beyond the worldly intelligence

You will feel the pain of a sacrificial lamb
If you dare to look into its vulnerable eyes
The moment of extinction is distinctly visible
As though it is conveying its cries

You will feel the pain of a withering flower
If you dare to look into its declining beauty
The moment of extinction is distinctly visible
As though it is conveying its cries

You will feel the pain of a dilapidated monument
If you dare to look into its crumbing walls
The moment of extinction is distinctly visible
As though it is conveying its cries

You will feel the pain of a shredded book
If you dare to look into its fading words
The moment of extinction is distinctly visible
As though it is conveying its cries

You will feel the emotion
Only if you care to reciprocate the pain
The origin of which lies in the victim’s eyes
The eyes which may not be distinct like ours
But its perception goes far beneath

Awareness of existence,
Consciousness of an end
Are considered to be human emotion
But I believe in consciousness of the whole
Which encompasses all that has life, lifeless and beyond

4 comments:

Ankur Khare said...

Awesome , You have expressed the feelings in such words..

The reciprocity of action has a revelation far beyond the worldly intelligence , very true bt as ur poem moves on to say ,yet its visible in the victim's eyes..

Poetically it looks good to say...
" When you feel something truly
It too will feel your presence "...
but does it happen really...in practical life...Butchers continue to cut the lambs , devdas still lingers somewhere, and contract killers keep murdering...

Anonymous said...

@ankur
i think it does happen in reality. but mere feeling wont prevent us from doing we came to do. even the worst guy has emotions.
so a "Butchers continue to cut the lambs , devdas still lingers somewhere, and contract killers keep murdering..."

Ankur Khare said...

@vinjk

That brings us to another question as to whats the intensity level of an emotion required to overcome the practical notion .
Is there any ?? or no such level exists.

Ashraf said...

I feel emotions and expressions are subjective to individual experiences and environment.

So if there is any limit, it can not be measured physically.

But personally I do belive in a varibale limit and a break down point.