Sunday 18 March 2012

wrench my dreams

hidden beneath the ground
I found the gears
a miracle
I watch myself out there
bending, keying
my hands so busy
what sources I seek
outside the hallways
what drives my gestures
yet I watch
previous forces are unknown now
I set limits to the inherent drama-
while I watch
I can also listen to my singing

"carry my whims, carry my dreams
naked, raw and so honest"

24 comments:

  1. I am glad there is singing inside these mechanical dreams..like oil to make the gears turn more easily..Jae

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  2. It is indeed a miracle to find those gears. One that comes with age or wisdom, I believe.

    =)

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  3. Having 'command' is music in the key of life.I enjoyed your response. Thanks for sharing, Gautami.

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  4. The gears of a miracle...I love that...

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  5. I love your gift. Thanks for sharing!

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  6. Thank you for sharing this with us. I can hear the music you hear and I adore the sound of it. Keep on singing.

    Namaste

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  7. I also like "the gears / a miracle", as they are, indeed.

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  8. It looks like the new found gears are metaphorical for finding your way, a release from the old past, a door to a new life that has released a such potential that was not possible before. No wonder you are singing.

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  9. the gears sing too

    angular acceleration

    verification makes it really hard to comment. you'd get more comments if you turned it off

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  10. Gorgeous writing. The ending is superb.

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  11. To listen to one's own singing is so important. I'm glad the speaker in your poem is learning that art.

    Whirling Haiku

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  12. I could not live without music and I see the passion here in your writing.

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  13. I could not live without music and I see the passion here in your writing.

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  14. Scenes from Jean-Luc Godard's film Alphaville run through my head as I read your anagogic, powerful poem.

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  15. I very much like the hopefulness in this one.

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  16. This is beautiful - it's a powerful, yet wistful, piece.

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  17. thanks for a wonderful read... the gears of my mind are still churning to come up with a suitable response to this weeks mag..

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  18. "naked, raw and so honest" - and your wording, the composition you've made, is so imaginative. The combination of "wrenching" and "dreams" is so exact, in fact.
    Best, M.

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  19. Cheers for gears! The ones that allow us to pump our blood, and hear our voices... Sing loud, long and often!

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  20. I think I know what you mean.

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