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While things may be looking brighter now, we know that there will be no going back to pre-covid. Some changes in all of us would be permanent - whether obvious or subtle.
While things may be looking brighter now, we know that there will be no going back to pre-covid. Some changes in all of us would be permanent – whether obvious or subtle.
Thoughts spring up and swirl Trigerring a chain Proliferating inside Causing chaos and clutter
They knock with fervour To break free From the locked brainbox Waiting to take form
Restless and jittery Desperate to breathe They begin to thrust and stomp To make themselves heard
Suddenly light enters From the luminescence Of the mighty pen Bringing hope and solace
But as they tread the path To become one with ink They are forced to halt By an enormous block
Dejected and defeated They trace back their steps Returning to the space From where they stemmed
They curl up and surrender Strewn all over Some finding their place In nooks and corners
Someday they will rise again Someday they will fight again Someday they will bleed As words from the mighty pen
Author’s Note: The second wave of COVID hit like a thunderbolt. I felt as if sand was slipping from my hands, and I would soon be left empty, alone and clueless. Though I have been able to save myself so far from the deadly virus, it gripped my loved ones – several of them. Some left me forever. Some are out of the woods, but still reeling under the impact of the disease.
While things may be looking brighter now, we know that there will be no going back to pre-covid. Some changes in all of us would be permanent – whether obvious or subtle. Out of all that I lost was also my capability to play with words like they were my own. They are now stuck somewhere in between. I don’t know where. I know they are waiting to find release but I can’t find my key to open the lock. This poem reflects my own situation, and I write it with a hope to bleed my thoughts as words from the mighty pen someday.
Image source: a still from short film Anamika/ Pocket Films
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