Tuesday, August 14, 2007

1

your room looks asleep
barely lit by the dying sun
i've never seen it like this before
so i stand there and watch

the last rays are running for shelter
the way you would if you
woke up naked one day
in the middle of a curious crowd

minutes go by and
i realise im smiling before
your wandering eyes find me
and invite me in

i enter and draw the curtains
desperate to give darkness the key
but you are sorry it ended this way
dusks reluctant romance with your room

i pour my tired body onto the bed
my troubled thoughts into oblivion
before i do something i have never done
lie

16 comments:

iksha said...

If I remember correctly, yesterday this had ended differently. Why the change? :)

Anand Sarolkar said...

No rhyme but Rhythm is there for sure. Lovely piece of writing!

just passing by said...

lovely:)
'desperate to give darkness the key' - soaking in lovely-ness.

Pri said...

what i want to know is why the photo has changed from the various avtaars of TS to some random white lady a cycle. why mins?

Anonymous said...

That seems to be a different you Tanmay...nice...

The Darkling Thrush said...

beautiful.

Dan said...

Very nice my friend. Do you really know what it feels like to wake up naked to a curious crowd? Cool!

Anonymous said...

evokes a great picture of dusk ... and the exhaustion that comes at the end of the day when there is nothing left to do but trust in inertia

well written.

MISSquoted** said...

was the 'lie' intentional? you know it being a homonym and all :)

Preeti Shenoy said...

Lovely! loved the oun in the last line.Also liked the second stanza.
Very clever.

Preeti Shenoy said...

I mean pun in the last line. :)

P. said...

Ooooh.... hottie! :)

Anand Sarolkar said...

After a second read...Why is this titled "1"? is this a series?

iz said...

ooh your demplade is looking good. very classy.

Anonymous said...

I am guessing this has a sequel? If not, I implore you to write one.
It seems interesting!

J' said...

errrr... ummmm.