pause gives me
so much pain
I try to engulf it
but it spills,
enters the cores
and the pores
I can deal with anger
numbness scares me
"leaving me with nothing"
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Again I needed to write here that not all I pen is a personal reflection. Please do bear that in mind while reading and commenting. Remember, poets/writers have very vivid imaginations and have the insight for empathy too. You will agree with that if you are either or both. However, many a times we forget the distinction and presume and assume.
What a great poem. I must agree it is very scary no to feel anything.
ReplyDeleteSo lovely Gauthami....
ReplyDeleteWe need to feel things to live. Great words.
ReplyDeletei hear you...not being able to feel or really the loss of any sneses might push me over...nice 160.
ReplyDeletemy 160
Beautiful..
ReplyDeleteoriginal!
ReplyDeleteVery good. Nothingness is very scary.
ReplyDeleteI have felt the nothingness. Those days are finally gone. Wonderful 160.
ReplyDeleteA great 160, I agree with you, a very profound poem.
ReplyDeletecheers,
Embrace the identity my friend. You are never far from my thoughts.
ReplyDeleteBrian, it is a pleasure to see you here after so long. But you know I always read you, one of best poets I have known in this blog world.
ReplyDeletei feel it,
ReplyDeletepowerful 160.
aptly put.
for many people it's difficult to not be doing... nice 160
ReplyDeleteThat is a horrible feeling. Great 160. Thank you for participating.
ReplyDeletenothingness can be scary. Well put in words.
ReplyDeleteGautami,
ReplyDeleteLove your words.
btw yes there is too much assuming and presuming.
Pamela
Nothingness can be scary, but even more when the nothingness lies within the crowds.
ReplyDeleteYour words carry a weight of their own.
ReplyDeleteSometimes we keep ourselves so busy that we forget what lies in the core. Whether this is fiction or no, I think many have experienced that moment when we stop and cannot take it anymore. Simple and lovely Gautami
ReplyDeleteA very well seen measurement of current time and life.
ReplyDeletePlease have a good start into the new week.
daily athens
such a creative reflection on pause, one I considered as I wrote my peace.
ReplyDeleteExcellent!
ReplyDeleteWe've all been there.
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Numbness is scary when we cannot feel anymore we cannot create, write, sing, invent we would be lost! Very powerful words!
ReplyDeletePowerful!
ReplyDeleteHate is not the opposite of love, indifference is
What's anything without really feeling it?
ReplyDeleteBut then again, too much of anything can leave one numb...
Maybe moderation is the name of the game after all!
Very nicely penned, Gauthami.. Few words, packed with meaning!