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Friday, April 10, 2009

A TRAIN TRAVELOGUE

a train journey from coimbatore to chennai.was smsing to pass time.and suddenly a message turns out to be this poem.so here it is:
A TRAIN TRAVELOGUE:
staring at the tracks
hearing the whistle of the train
the rustling of wheel on track
the chattering of the inmates

landscapes whizz by
one fading into another
dark silhouettes lit
by moon and streetlamps

passing a station now
not a soul to be seen
thought of hauntings,
and michael jackson's "thriller"

rail follows river now
vilage road on the bank
empty fields to the eye's gaze

a bike breaking the scene

train crosses train now
a roar

a rush
a flash of light
the whole thing gone

all alone on a berth,
you wonder;


the urge to break fee
to rid oneself of shackles
grows
stronger and stronger

like a second Che,
exploring the land of the tamils
i feel boundless freedom

nothing to care about

a journey of discovery
a journey inside

truckloads of questions
not an answer in sight
my mind is a mess now

thoughts flitting in and out
they go like:
" whats inside me ?
who/what am i?
where do i belong ?
what is my time for ?
the stations to be crossed
where im gonna reach
what should i carry with me"

the train has come to a halt now,
and so must this meandering mind of mine



5 comments:

SANDHYA SRIDHAR said...

phew....at laaaasstt....

gayathri said...

hey pretty gud poem...nice description and flow of words...keep blogging!

Shyam Kumar said...

yeah thanks both of you :p

Atulaa Krishnamurthy said...

" whats inside me ?
who/what am i?
where do i belong ?
what is my time for ?

the number of times that crosses my mind, my god.

good one :)

Shyam Kumar said...

actually atula thats true if anyone who bothers to think.and it helps you to take decisions and stuff too..i still cant believe that you've just done your 10th.