Fragmented Thoughts! Poem by maria shafi

..In the deep ecstasy
words fragment-
fall apart
feelings bereft countenance
life seize options
residual
the sour drink' of life or Venom....

I am not Socrates
who drank venom
and became immortal
Nor am I like Van Gogh
who segment his ear
for his belovd
and shot himself in starry nights...!

I m just an artist who
potray life
in colorz
unfathomable...
absorbing the sour drink
like the swèetness
of soul..

I am a poet
who drench the paper
with abstract wierd
essence of language
creating chaos in soul....

I am a human

who will survive

inspite of all self

created complexities...

remoulding and recasting

unknotting the tangles....

till they entangle my essence

back...and shrink me

in my complexities again.....

Maria Shafi

(27th Nov 2011)