Just for You
My pen craves for its lost muse
I seek recourse in prose,
While longing for the poetry of my life.
As I agonize between,
Silence…
Words…
Silent Prayers…
As I witness another year of eternal time left behind,
While journeying into a nameless, frame-less future,
As I mourn the loss of those who were once near,
And watch numb shrouds being borne out of the terror-ravaged world,
As I coldly sigh over distances and distancing,
My heart fervently calls for You…
You?
You who are neither a Hindu nor a Muslim,
You who are neither a Christian nor a Jew,
You who are neither a religion nor a cult,
You who are neither Time nor Eternity,
You who are neither war nor peace,
You who are neither chaos nor structures,
You who are neither mine nor theirs…
They say,
You are unbeatable and indefatigable,
That You are the light at the end of the tunnel…
They say You are forgiving and kind…
That the Father/Mother mourn the most when their child is lost…
Do You then not shed tears over us?
Enough! You make me angry,
If You are there…
Then do not make me ashamed of Your presence,
Do not make it so easy to use Your name,
Your name that has turned into a murderous brand…
Haven’t You heard of things called copyright and patent?
Why don’t You sue us?
And claim Your own right to be called “God”…
God! That’s what You are called, aren’t You?
If You bless us with life and seal our fates with death
Can you not bestow…
A little peace and beauty on my (yours too) joyless, loveless world?
Tamasomaa Jyotir Gamaya
Love,
Iris
Wish you all a belated happy new year. Just for You is a letter written to some one called God on 1st January 2009 — requesting Her/Him to directly claim His/Her patent to be called God. Else, it’s becoming intolerable and chaotic as so many different names have been assigned to this person (if someone like that exists) that slowly the world is moving towards self-destruction. Ironically this name is supposed to have created the world….
poetic though not poetic!! blunt and real!!
eddieskitchen
January 6, 2009 (Tuesday) at 4:18 pm
Good one, quite different from other posts. I have one question: does that “you” exist? I doubt! If yes, his/her existence for construction or destruction?
anonymous
January 8, 2009 (Thursday) at 7:06 am
Just For You: Congrats anne for the crossing 7000 hits and getting 100 Comments
Keep writing and keep smiling 
Though I am not a poet, I understand the philosophy to some extent. I agree with the previous comment, and I do not agree with you to some extent: if there is a creator/destroyer called God exits, then where has the term I and you come from? Everything is there and everything is here only.
Like beauty lies on the eyes of the beholder, the terms you, me, he, she, them, god, etc… lies on the person, on the soul, on every particle of the universe.
Congrats again. Cheers!
Hemant Rath
January 11, 2009 (Sunday) at 11:45 pm