Into a World of Darkness

All of a sudden, I have become an actor:

An actor in myriad costumes;

Coated with Colgate smiles and cordialities

 Oozing out from me rhetorics, polished…

Perhaps I am acting well

I was taken into the crew

And to my wonder!

I am moving on!!!

………………………

Cheers and frothing drinks

A burnished world of tapestry…

Glittering faces in silky sarees,

 Morbid physiques in ironed suits…

In all smiles!!

Nothing else… measured smiles

I too learned that art of smiling

As perfumed hands embraced me,

I stood like a statue

Need I return the embrace?

But I remember,

I too was smiling then…

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Now the last ray of light too flickered, and died

Into in a deep hollow,

I opened my eyes… reluctantly

I saw me then…

Lost in wilderness

Laughing and howling

Soiling myself with dust rough;

I took a deep breath

As if I need a thousand days’ fill

I was afraid of suffocation

I need more…I need more…

…………………………….

The lights came to life again

And force me shut my eyes

Shut my world… shut my love

               I gave in

I closed my eyes tight

And waited for another darkness

To come and make me a Narcissus