Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Perhaps...


“Perhaps
Love isn’t the answer
Perhaps
Love isn’t enough
Perhaps
Beyond the desperation
To reconcile
Beyond the attempts
Of acceptance
Beyond the dread
Of divide
Love fails to guide
Perhaps
Love isn’t capable after all
To provide
What hate could
Perhaps
Lurking beneath
The shadow
Of identities
Germinating
Across the horizon
Of indifference
Persisting
Through the death
Unaccounted for
Through the life
Uncared for

It’s the hate
Only hate
Alas…!

Praveen Parasar
02/06/2020

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

To say...



"How do I say
What do I say
Perhaps I have said everything
That I had to say
Or maybe I do not have
Anything to say
Does it matter?
Do we must say?

The words fail the longing
Longing fails the logic
And the logic offers
Little solace
It could never anyway…

Innocent
Or ignorant?
The heart!
It asks for a monument
A tombstone
Neatly erected
Upon the ruins
Of their breaths
Whispers, Sighs
Where stranded
And
 Trampled upon
Lies the silence
Silence
That brought them
Together
Silence
That carried
Them, together
Silent
They lie
Miles apart
Yet, together…”

Praveen Parasar
19/05/2020

Monday, March 16, 2020

Tragedy...



“Cry your heart out 
Drown in your blood 
Turn into a corpse 
Bury yourself in thin air 
Let yourself be suffocated 
Stifle the body 
Let your screams scare you 
Let your breaths burn you 
While your own hands strangle you 
Fear being seen 
Hide from yourself 
While your own sight cripples you 
trapped within own skin 
Crushed beneath dreams 
There’s no escape no more 
Surrender, suffer 
(Suffer as if you loved) 

The night is afar 
The eyes little ajar 
Tears all dried 
Whispers all belied 
Who could you turn to? 
Still expect sympathy? 
You can’t play clown for too long 
Declared a pariah 
It’s time you give up 

You deserve no pity 
You deserve no mercy 
Your lies are tired 
Your manipulations laughable 
Caught red-handed 
You couldn’t convince no more 
The days loathe you 
Night mocks you 
Still throwing the dice? 
Selling from half dug grave? 
Your wisdom is rotten 
You are only buying yourself misery 
And some more 
Claiming to be  
On the journey 
To salvation 
Where there’s no salvation  
But only tragedy 
Alas…” 

Praveen Parasar 
16/03/2020 


Perhaps...

“Perhaps Love isn’t the answer Perhaps Love isn’t enough Perhaps Beyond the desperation To reconcile Beyond the attempts Of accept...