A will to live…

Trampled by the green shores of memories

I turned around once to see the footprints of feelings

Choked by the brown mounds of bygones

I stumbled down to get a hold on loose sands beneath

Storm of tears thrashed my sight in a hurry

For the beaten heart awaited my signal to stop

My red blood ran all over my being in confusion

As if conscious of my decision to commit suicide

A cosmic dissolution occurred in my mind’s eye

Blinding my rational thinking and poise

Even as I struggled hard to stow my life force

Pastels of stray, painful thoughts played in random

Unaware of the sunrises that washed my face

I grounded on the beach as a senseless weakling

A vision of objects floating in the cosmos

Whirled past me without any base to hold

I realized in a flash amidst the orderly motions -

Intimacy in relationships causes only pain

Holding my broken heart with two hands

Now I resume my solitary walk with a will to live...

This is my contribution for Contest Week 22.

http://meerajay.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/04/express-yourself-contest-22.htm

Padmaja Balaji