Wednesday, April 3, 2013

DEFINITION





Sometimes I wonder what this heart seeks;
The ideas and thoughts that flash through this mind
What do they mean,
Or what do they wish to mean?
I wonder if they were real;
Real- is that even a possibility?
For some claim the real to be unreal;
'What then is real?' seems an obscure question.
To define oneself- one must aim,
Or so a few have claimed.
How do you contain what you are,
Within the boundaries of mere few words?
"I am..." 
The sentence is destined to be eternally unfinished.
A constant evolution- is what the self is;
If that be so- then why do some
Find this pleasure to be caged?
Caged into self-created ideological prisons.
A constant struggle to finish the sentence.
"ism"s and "ist"s- do not define one;
For one is born to be many-
Or so they say, hence let go of beliefs
For who knows- 
As the mind sways away
What new world- may it encounter;
And that world may present with
What new definitions;
One wonders...

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5 comments:

  1. You might disagree
    But let me say it anyway
    Shunning all beliefs
    May not be the right way
    I have tried this you see
    And it still seems like a cage
    So I try to be
    A fresh and open page
    I choose no definition
    And I don't aim to be a sage
    But I'd rather in be in a prison
    That I myself made
    I'd rather keep asking questions
    Than throw everything away

    Keep writing!

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  2. life is a path of constant discovery..walk on!!
    :)

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  3. Beautiful poem Matangi.

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  4. Beautiful poem Matangi.

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  5. I am..."
    The sentence is destined to be eternally unfinished.
    A constant evolution- is what the self is;
    If that be so- then why do some
    Find this pleasure to be caged?


    KUDOS !!

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