Dialogue With Self
'my insider is tired...'
there's no 'mmm...'
or an 'ahh...'
in response
'this silence has
a thousand needles'
there's no 'is it so? '
'does it pain?
in response
05dec2009
14.30hrs
poem by Indira Babbellapati
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We will keep your resumé in our active files.
And if a similar position opens...
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My new approach now is this...
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I'm not even getting that! '
My response...
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If you can not see I am worth more than that...
I'll be surprised if you're still here...
After someone discovers you were stupid enough,
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Don't you miss your ability to reveal...
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It's not about the gossip whispered all over town!
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How someone wears their shoes.
How someone does what is done...
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Because there is no response,
Coming fast to arrest upon its visit?
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The challenges we face,
And who has placed them there!
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Rain again
No raining again and again
As you have made friendship with pain
Be firm and don't complain
Even if it rains. More and goes to drain
If it rains more then will be down pour
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What even if you differ!
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As the sun greets the sky
In the morning and closes
The night with a thousand kisses
That seal each breath it unfolds
Within the arms of love...
And the clouds paint a name,
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Calling your name aloud
With no response...
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