Friday, September 14, 2007

Breathe into me and make me real..

Wish I could write poetry.


Wish i could describe in profound , meaningful terms the incredible ennui and tiredness, which which makes you refresh ur mailbox for the 100th time without knowing why, mindlessly delete all the incoming mails, refresh that orkut screen again and again, browse through old pics and try to play around with a few, well ...do everything except what you have to do.


Wish I could wax lyrical about the way my room looks in the afternoon when it rains and I switch off the lights, draw the curtains and let the delicious earthy , murky greyness and scent seep in..the cool ,calmness ..the stolidity of it, the strains of the music in the background and the whitish softness of the sheets when I lie in bed just like that..


Wish music did not sound so harsh when I leave it on for sometime and return to it after a while, when I am doing something else. The preppy bouncy number takes on jarring ..accusatory overtones and also sounds incredibly loud..


Wish u were not so far away..


Wish I could fall in love with a new song everyday..


Wish I could describe in detail how I feel when i do discover a song I can fall in love with..or the warm satisfaction of repeated playings after that..


Wish I could remember where I lost that book, I am suddenly reminded of it even as I am typing this, and I am upset that I lost it while shifting..


Wish I could be all informed and deep and have an opinion about many things. I dont have an opinion abt most..but I do have the facts( as an afterthought)


Wish I could write well enough to describe the warmth of my hands clasped around a coffee cup on a cold morning..Its like putting iodex or smelling vicks..umm if u care for these things:-s

Wish i could make beautiful music..


Wish I could dream up the lyrics I am listening to right now..


"When ur born ur afraid of the darkness/ And then ur afraid of the light”- Aerosmith, Taste of India.


So when did we stop exploring the world for ourselves and began to believe in what was told and accepted? When did we start constraining what we did or felt because we saw others doing it.. ..and when did we stop believing that we could be otherwise? When did ecstatic happiness give way to measured expressions of joy? When did uninhibited enthusiasm give way to cautiousness, when did the stars give way to practical goals? When were dreams constrained? When did we not want to seek any light beyond what we already knew, and when did we become content basking in its glory? When did we start loving the darkness because it bought the illusion of a new light the next day?? And when was it that we stared saying ...I wish instead of I will..

27 comments:

Ravish said...

Wish I had written this post. This one is outstanding.

Cheers!!!

LSP said...

cud be 3 elements? inability, laziness or lack of real craving ...
u handle this "light" factor very well .. why don't u start a foto blog as well :-)

Arjun Raj said...

i think someone has truly arrived..
great work

Kau said...

Richard Bach once said that "We are never given a wish without the powerr to make it come true"
Amen
Great Post !
Kau

Namrata Mishra said...

hey lsp...nice to see u here ..yea I sure am "light headed"..thnks fr the comment tho...n thnks ravish n kau

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Satish Bhat said...

Would people be any different if they had all the time in the world ?

I wish not, because then they would all be alike, with the same dreams, fears,jealousies and then everything would be so boring !

Great post as usual :-)

VKM said...

wow..the frequency of posts suddenly shoots up..not that am complaining!

really nice one..

ishmi said...

why?! This is poetry indeed! :)

Anonymous said...

...and when did you decide to become not a writer but a ...

(i secretly hope you have not)

Enakshi said...

Hey Namrata,

Howz life? Nice to see the post...and a great way to capture certain feelings that people with you and before you might have felt while at ISB.

Keep rocking!

Enakshi
Co2007

Naveen said...

Sounds good!...your style exhibit a random brownian motion(inference after going through all the blogs) & reminds of Rushdie (though the guy uses much advanced weapons to ensure there is no unique interpretation)..Keep it up..!!!...on a second thought yr style resembles to that of Gulzar…confused now..

Oka the irrepressible said...

Great writing. :)

Anonymous said...

good one...in this world everyone has same story?????or its u n me only....

The Sober Poet said...

Amazing one...this one is better than poetry :)

Anonymous said...

This was one of the most beautiful pieces of writing..."When did we start loving the darkness because it bought the illusion of a new light the next day??" That was simply beautiful...

Ayush Ghai said...

outstanding post ! you dont need to wish that you could write a song ! or dream those lyrics! you already have an ability to observe and feel the smallest joys of life ! what more do you need... dont wish anymore:)

Anonymous said...

fab post!
When did we start loving the darkness because it bought the illusion of a new light the next day?
who needs poetry after reading such well written stuff....

Saroj Mishra said...

poetry is fine and you sound romantic.

there is more romance in reality though...

find it or it will find you.

http://khusiiselusive.blogspot.com/

Unknown said...

u have plethora of spelling mistakes although its been a cynosure blog

Gireesh said...

had u written GRE
if not what abt GMAT
how much u got in vocab

Zahid said...

Outstanding!!!!!
Only one word for this !!!

Vivek said...
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Anonymous said...

I bumped across your blog..beautifully written..keep writing.

Bapun said...

i love this post...dnt know why!

may b i found it well felt!

Anonymous said...

came acroos your blog....I loved the last paragraph of this blog...Its so apt that these are exactly the questions I myself am struggling with...I wonder if its that stage of life we all are in when we have to let go of the careless/irresponsible attitude when we were in college and have to start actually understanding the real meaning of "growing up"....

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