Tuesday, January 6, 2009

The Memorial in White Marble

The sun it shines upon you;
your marbled face, your still eyes.
You smile upon us; beautiful
calm, young and lovely your face
and you smile a happy smile.

The darkness fell in the empty alley.
You slept in peace, you dreamt
a dream of love and beauty.
A noise it sounded, loud and that light;
a light so bright, oh the fire and smoke.

And they built you, your marbled face;
the dream still in your eyes, and that smile,
the smile so happy, that lasted only a while
before the life like marble doll replaced
the life in you, O unfortunate innocence.

48 comments:

Anonymous said...

childhood and old age.. good poem.. innocent one indeed

Rahul said...

the essence has been splendidly portrayed...nice poem...

Cяystal said...

Marbled face..aahhh!!..wonderfully brought up,baby!

Trinaa said...

ek baar acha..do baar acha..ab toh acha likhne ka aadat hi pad gaya hai tumko!:P

aweeeesome boss!

Anonymous said...

Divya,

Full of depth. Keep writing.

Take care

Rajesh said...

Marbled is it???? Well...well...nicely penned...good work...

Wandering Minstrel said...

kaise moti?? kaise likhti hai tu ye sab?? tere pass magic poetry potion hai na??

PS: disable word verification!!!!!!!!

HP said...

wooooowwww !!!
verrryyyy nice likha hai!

Kartz said...

Profound. Very.

Peace.

k.ø.c.h.ü said...

clap clap :) n hiiiiiii once again...was out 4 a while...

अविनाश said...

beautiful composition

Richa said...

applaude applaude!!

:)

Mysterious Mia said...

speechless...

btw how have u been dear....take care n i shall be here more often

Cяystal said...

Whre've you been chup=ing? :P

Saim said...

lovely lines:)

Kartz said...

Someone's done a *Houdini* again?

Trust all is well.

Peace.

muZer said...

Lovely verse,, Divya.. nifty lines.. :-)

Happy New Year to u and your family.. :-)

Anonymous said...

Beautiful Divya! I liked your blog-you are blogrolled:)

Sameera Ansari said...

So beautifully haunting!Lovely poem dear :)

Anonymous said...

divvy disappeared again?? :P

i tht i commented on this...

u seem to be brilliant whenever u write... so write more na! :D

Shravan RN said...

fantastic and awesome :)

Toonfactory said...

Lovely poem....awesome....loved how you have described the forces have contributed in building the marble face....

KK Yadav said...

Nice Post...!!

गाँधी जी की पुण्य-तिथि पर मेरी कविता "हे राम" का "शब्द सृजन की ओर" पर अवलोकन करें !आपके दो शब्द मुझे शक्ति देंगे !!!

DMulan said...

thanks chriz!

DMulan said...

thanks rahul.. visit again :)

DMulan said...

@ crystal
oh i was hoping somebody would notice that! thank you :D

DMulan said...

@ trinaa

hehe.. chadha rahi hai na ladki??

DMulan said...

@ niceugy251

thank you sir :) will do!

DMulan said...

@ rajesh

haven't seen you in a looooong time! pls dont forget me :(

DMulan said...

@ swati

moti! potion piya bhi toh humne saath mein piya hai!! ;)

will do so!

DMulan said...

@ HP

why does that sound like a nautanki comment?? *eyebrows raised*

DMulan said...

@ kartz

thank you. very much.

chill!

;) :p

DMulan said...

@ kochu
evidayirunnu ithrayum kaalam?

DMulan said...

@ avinash

thank you :)

Rahul said...

:) ..sure will

DMulan said...

@ richa

thanks sis! =)

DMulan said...

@ princess mia

hello!!! just been busy with this and that babe.. you've been doing the disappearing act of late.. sup?

DMulan said...

@ crystal

mein aa gayi!! :D

DMulan said...

@ comfortably numb

:)

DMulan said...

@ kartz

hehe... and POP goes the weasel!!..
i am back again.. for the time being at least!

DMulan said...

@ muZer
thank you honey :) happy new year to you too :)

DMulan said...

@ Mithe

pleased :)
thnk you!

DMulan said...

thanks sameera!:)

DMulan said...

@ vinu

as long as i can, will do will do!

DMulan said...

@ shravan

happy and thank you :)

DMulan said...

@ alok

thanks buddy! was horrified by this young girl's corpse i saw in the paper.. made me think about this.

DMulan said...

@ KK

thanks!

DMulan said...

@ rahul
oh! you're already here :D
cool :)