Thursday, February 16, 2006

The sober shades of sadness

It comes in several colours. Silent and white. Loud and red. An all-encompassing black.

Unfathomably deep, incurably sick; yet, so ruthlessly powerful.

Moments of intolerable grief. A calm outside that betrays the storm inside. A volcano waiting to erupt - into tears. A test of faith? Endurance? Strength?

It is like a marathon on burning coal. It scalds and hurts with every step, and yet, I'm desperate to take it, because there's no where else to go.

A fight against hopelessness. A long journey to the next second. And the next. And the next.

It's an explosion of serenity,
Day after day,
Night after night,
Is this a labyrinth of insanity?

It's an escape from prison,
Only to find a deserted island,
It's a ladder that I climb,
As it falls into an abyss.

It's a countdown from infinity,
With no end in sight,
And no guiding light,
Is it the beginning of eternity?

3 comments:

Anand said...

seriously, these wud be excellent lyrics for the next metallica number!

nandini said...

wonderfully insightful... sounds a lot like a peek into the mind of a depressed person... someone beyond sorrw, utterly apathetic

Srihari said...

Anand, perhaps ! I must confess I even tried setting some of the lines to chords.

Nandini,thanks. Very true indeed.