Wednesday, May 31

and...

when the lights go out, I'll hear your voice,scream silently, "get out".

when the lights come on, you'll sing a song,and know that I was always wrong.

when the sun goes down, I'll shut my eyes and run to find another shore...

when the moon comes up, you'll smile and watch my shadow at your door.

so what can matter, matters not
idle chatter, passing thought

laughing morning, loathsome night
forget the peeping pale moonlight

just a movie, just a book
jaded story, faded look

for sleep is all you'll ever need
dipping dreams in stale seaweed

stars bursting
minds thirsting


and yet...

we're all still living in the same old goldfishbowl.

14 comments:

... said...

The same fishbowl, indeed. The glory's in the details, I suppose.

I enjoyed how the piece coyly inched toward the jaded consummation.

Russell CJ Duffy said...

personally i am fed up with existing in a goldfish bowl but hey...

Prmod Bafna said...

Totally loved reading this piece! Very nice Inkblot :) Particulary loved the lines
for sleep is all you'll ever need
dipping dreams in stale seaweed
:p

Prerona said...

loved this even better. ur getting better with every word!!! :(

i'm stuck for ideas ... for a while
maybe will go back to working on one of the stories

dont feel like writing abt anything actually, more like

happiness was like a warm gun, and i'm shot and dead ;)

Aradhita said...

Beautiful peice!
reminded me of

We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found?
The same old fears.


-Wish You Were Here (Floyd)

shikha said...

The goldfishbowl..yeah,

Sometimes a merry go round!
Sometimes a suffocating cage...
whatever it is..it makes us live:)

Inkblot said...

doc: you make me blush!
just kidding- was just a mood piece i shot off without thinking where it was going. damn.


cj: me too. me too. and yet..


pb: thanks. I eat a lot of seaweed.

Inkblot said...

prerona: being dead can be peaceful. hold on and float for a bit before it all comes surging through..:)


aradhita: perfect. thats probably what was at the back of the mind!
(and hopefully your working on the tag?) :D


shikha: welcome. will ponder on that one :)

Pincushion said...

The punch line says it all..I love how you put rhyme and reason into what appear to be random thoughts..thank you!
:)

Anonymous said...

and hey. you write nice.

and you definitely ARE weird!! tee hee!

Inkblot said...

pincushion: thank you.
its all for no rhyme or reason tho!

methinks: methinks you need to be thanked profusely :)

Φ said...

hooked 2 the last line..harbored to the whole thght..hate u 4 the tag..hmmm will do it.. hohum :-\

aria said...

Jaded story .. faded book .. hmm ..
Pretty rhyme .. almost like a song again ..
Fishbowl was familar yet different ..

Anonymous said...

A smack in the face. A warm tingly sunbeam. A smack in the face. A warm tingly sunbeam. I feel like a metronome of panic and delight. Shit.
My most very favourite line is "when the lights come on, you'll sing a song, and know that I was always wrong." The uncontrollable smile it makes me smile
comes from deep deep down in my gurgly body, like where yer voice comes from when y'singin', and it rushes up all warmth and orgasmic soda stream.
Yum. Thanks :)