Saturday, August 1, 2009

And I Died As Me....

I was lying on the road,bruised and broken,
I was breathing slowly,I was so shaken,
Somewhere nearby,a child's cry pierced like a whiplash,
But,it was going to live,it was saved from the crash....

"You can't do that",someone had told me at school,
"You can't do anything right,you are a fool"
The little kid that I was,I was taken aback,
And since then,confidence I had always lacked...

"Call the ambulance!" someone screamed by my side,
Someone dabbed my wounds that had split wide,
"You are going to live",someone tried to assure me,
And with that,I returned to my reverie of memories...

"Why you are like this?"my teacher had asked,when I was young,
"Why can't you be like someone else?"and the question had stung,
And since then,I buried my identity,
And always tried to be the person others wanted me to be...

"You will live!" the cry was hysteric,
The blood was so much,it could make anyone sick,
I didn't want to die,Oh Lord forgive me for my sins,
I would never again be myself,but forgive me for the time as this....

"Don't try,its no use,the vehicle is too fast!"someone had shouted,
When I had plunged into the traffic,and saving the child I had intended,
And then pushed the child off the road and away from the traffic,
It was too late when I realized I myself was hit...

All that pain,all the words,came flooding back,
They made me realize of all the things I had lacked,
But suddenly,the pain was gone,I felt peaceful and free,
When finally my heart stopped,I was smiling...I was happy that I died as me....

12 comments:

  1. touching.... this poem describes.. events like a fash back... that occured and hurt him/her.... i guess this one is the best of the lot....

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  2. spectacular

    hats off to you...

    anuradha...i bow to you for this poem.
    simply marvellous....and i died as me! bloody awesome

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  3. i liked this Anu. I appreciate you because you expressed your vulnerabilities. It is not easy to do so. I enjoyed and thanks for coming over.

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  4. my pleasure :)
    and thank YOU for commenting over here :)

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  5. AT FIRST, I THOUGHT ITS ANOTHER OF ANU`S HOLOCAUST SYNDROMES....
    BUT NO...
    AFTER EACH READINGS....
    I GOT MORE UNDERSTANDING OF THE POEM....
    AND I LIKED IT VERY VERY VERY MUCH....
    ITS SIMPLY A MASTER PIECE....
    REALLY ANU...
    KEEP UP THE GOOD WOKK........
    ANUU...
    [:)]

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  6. yar is this your imagination? if yes then awesum!!....it seems like a robert frost poem...

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  7. Hi,came here from justamotheroftwo:).
    Read through some of your poems.Honestly,Anu, each one that I read has such a huge emotion attached,I can relate to...Please keep writing. I am much drawn by these writings....Will come back and read the rest of it...(In a heap of work,right now,couldn't resist the temptation to read some and comment,though!)..will be back,please keep writing....I am also blogrolling you!

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  8. thank you so very much for dropping by! :)

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