Saturday, December 6, 2008

The Picture


There is a picture on the wall

Bigger than the wall

There is a beggar in the crowd
More numerous than the crowd

There is a spark within the fire
More important than the fire

There is a window to the world
More beautiful than the world

There is a green on the grass
Greener than the green

There is a shadow in the dark
More conspicuous than the dark

There is a thrill in the night
More mysterious than the night

There is a light in the day
More pristine than the day

There is a tear in my eye
More eloquent than my eyes

There is a muffle in my laugh
More a muffle than a laugh

There is a spring in my step
Minus a spring, only a motion

There is a winner at the end
But all is redundant then.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

AWESOME

vC said...

There is one Ravi Bansal
More enigmatic than rest!!

Anonymous said...

"There is a spark within the fire
More important than the fire"

loved this particular verse - the spark is that is important, bcoz fire consumes, spark ignites

Jack said...

Gut member, this piece of writing is too good to be commented on. I love the end. Just perfect.

Accha, where did you pick this rhyme meter up from. Haven't come across it before.

Anonymous said...

There is one Gaurav,
Better than the best!

But anyways - "dil khush kar ditta puttar"

Loved your poetic side. LOVE changes one and all :)

eternalmonotony said...

To me it appears to be a warning against glossing over the smaller but very important things and individuals in the blind scramble to understand and make general sense of the world, with a tinge of pain thrown in.

Unknown said...

Lovely dost, long time coming

Ravi Bansal said...

@ Ashwini
Thanx dost.

@ Vikas
That's a real nice one for a self-obsessed person like me.

@ Virapandy
Yes, and I believe the spark can never be extinguished, only the fire can.

@ Jack
Thanks gut member. Feels great when it comes from you.

@ Gaurav
Thanks for all the relevant stuff there :P

@ Hari
We are done with the reconciliation already :D

@ Timu
Thanx dost. Was waiting for your comment.

Akshay Rajagopalan said...

Super One Ravi. Interesting meter. As somebody said, enigmatic!

kt said...

cool man..this one's really good

Ravi Bansal said...

@ Akshay, kt
Thanks :)

Niks said...

nice one Ravi...awesome