Hide and Seek - part 5 - Rhyming & Non Rhyming Poems Read online

stood in mute silence; leaning on periphery of the colossal water tank; as I

  witnessed the mesmerizing sight of the Sun going down.

  As the seconds zipped by; dusk unveiled itself into starry night,

  The sky now; was entirely obfuscated from the Sun; looked enchanting with a cavalcade of stars,

  Emanating mystical light; illuminating the darkness with a bountiful sparkle,

  I watched her innocuous features; the beauty of her form a few feet below;

  thanked the Creator for putting her to sleep,

  Incorrigibly vowed to spend many more days on my roof top terrace; as her

  sighs now converted into deafening snores.

  40. BUBBLES

  When I pricked a large bubble impregnated with acid; infinite droplets of fumes flew all over my persona,

  Transforming my glowing skin; into complete shambles of pathetic brown; and I emitted a few tears unable to bear the anguish.

  When I pricked minuscule bubbles of soap emanating from the bathtub; a pungent

  spray flew in my eyes,

  It was as if someone had hurled tones of chili powder; and the interiors of my eye developed a severe red allergy.

  When I pricked rotund bubbles incorporated with honey; sweet globs of liquid

  fell on my face,

  I felt nice in the beginning; but it soon became a disdainful nuisance; as clusters of stinging ants clambered up at fast pace.

  When I pricked plastic bubbles looking thoroughly inflated; a sudden gush of

  stale air rushed across my lips,

  There was a deafening roar produced that inundated my ears; and for the next

  few minutes I was unable to decode sound.

  When I pricked bubbles filled with crimson blood; my immaculate clothes

  acquired blotches of red,

  A sickening smell encompassed the ambience; and I felt like vomiting out

  consumed food; wanting to eliminate the process of death.

  When I pricked bubbles compactly filled with frozen ice; tiny nuggets of ice

  cascaded down my neck,

  Umpteenth hair on my body stood up due to impact of the bitter cold; and my

  teeth started to violently clatter.

  When I pricked frothy bubbles wafting out of a stray dogs mouth; a fountain of

  water gently caressed my face,

  A fetid stench arose in the air; and I knew I had an overwhelming chance of contracting deadly rabies.

  When I pricked bubbles drifting from the periphery of sizzling hot tea; blistering sprays of water collided with my face,

  Scalding sensitive arenas of my silhouette as they trickled down my chest; also my body smelt of tea leaf for remainder of the day.

  When I pricked bubbles generated by the ravishing sea waves; salty foam struck

  me stringently in my face,

  My eyes started to profusely water; with an inevitable sensation to scratch painstakingly developing all throughout.

  Eventually when I pricked the colossal bubble of our perennial love; there was

  a rainfall of fragrant water; that imprisoned us in bonds of immortal embrace,

  And there were many more such bubbles which proliferated every unleashing

  minute; uniting us for the present and many births to unveil in the distant future

  41. AFTER CONSUMING A BARREL OF WINE

  He babbled incoherently at innocuous pedestrians traversing through the streets,

  Clenched his fist high in the air; barking a malicious volley of rustic expletives,

  Spat loads of colored saliva on the ground; blending superbly with the loosely sprawled mud,

  Danced languidly listening to the slightest of music; eventually collapsing in a bedraggled heap on the ground,

  Swayed frivolously at fair skin; only to be slapped with fervor on his bearded cheek,

  Occasionally stumbled badly on sharp pieces of stone; hurtling at fast speeds to get a taste of disdainful soil,

  Scratched his hair in wild rhapsody; with a ravishing hunger in his blood shot eyes,

  Took deep breaths every once a while; as if getting strangulated by bouts of suffocation,

  Wailed passionately; vociferously proclaiming his unrelenting misery and tyrannical pain,

  Was thoroughly oblivious to his boisterous surrounding; lost in realms of sedative fantasy,

  Had lost all appetite for cooked food; relinquished to chew and eat,

  Looked waywardly towards the sky; trying to decipher his blurred destiny,

  Rebuked his children severely at home; at their most innocuous of provocation,

  Kicked acerbically intricate furniture in vicinity; dismantling the sanctity of

  household to threadbare junk,

  Illegibly scribbled few lines of script; making a ridiculous mockery of calligraphy,

  Slapped his wife with tenacity on her ear; for disobeying his dictatorial rules,

  Audaciously revealed startling facts about his life; which he had embedded

  deep within his heart,

  Was saved by the scruff of his neck on umpteenth an occasion; from high powered cars; and monstrous traffic,

  He had completely lost the dignity to speak; the ability to stand firm on his knees; distinguish the light illuminating air from darkness,

  In the end; he collapsed in a disheveled heap on the ground; awaiting the first rays of brilliant dawn to terminate his sleep; wash all traces of the barrel of red wine; he had obsessively consumed the previous night

  42. AS THE WIND BLEW

  Granules of silver sands drifted into my eye; tormenting them to the threshold of irritation,

  Wild draughts of wind blew across my face; almost annihilating all the hair inhabiting my scalp,

  Black wisps of clouds hovered disconcertingly close to my persona; circumventing me from all sides,

  Scraps of strewn paper; threads of innocuous cotton rose high in the breeze; settled nimbly on my freckled nose,

  Frothy waves of the sea struck me with tenacity; diffusing into pearls of ravishing foam,

  Gigantic lizards slithered harmlessly on the soil; gallivanting their way upwards into the crevices of the tree,

  Rustic leaves of the foliated trees swirled violently; occasionally dropping on the ground with a thud,

  Infinite blades of grass got dismantled from their roots; lay massacred in a pathetic heap,

  Bountiful amounts of dust adhered to immaculately polished windows; the sparkling exteriors of statues transited to blotted and scarred,

  Metallic signboards in the street fluttered turbulently under the midday Sun; belting under pressure,

  Fleets of birds in the sky glided ecstatically; without generating effort from their aerodynamic wings,

  Scores of rusty iron nails entangled themselves from crevices; rubbed themselves vigorously against sandpaper corrugations of the wall,

  The bells in the church chimed incessantly; striking their fangs tenaciously against pallid bronze,

  Slender needles of the tower clock revolved haphazardly; displaying

  erratic fluctuations of time,

  Hordes of mice retreated hastily in their burrows; shriveling to half of their original size,

  The potbellied tortoise sunk way beneath into its shell; profoundly contented with its perennial warmth,

  Steaming coffee cascaded all over into a rampant spray; as I tried to pour it dexterously from the kettle,

  A battalion of fish tried to escape from the boisterous waves of the sea; find some respite from the torrential reverberations of the water,

  Tightly fitted contemporary caps were swept like rolling pins from scalps; the crisp demeanor of my office shirt developed a plethora of crease,

  I simply relinquished all power to open my eyes; hoist my head towards the sky; and her breath seemed closer to me like never before,

  As the wind blew at swashbuckling speeds; inundating the stillness of atmosphere with the euphoria of vibrant adventure
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  43. PILLAR OF LOVE

  They blasted it with the most pugnacious of explosive; planting corrugated

  sticks of dynamite around its periphery,

  It bravely bore the onslaught; didn’t sway a single inch; instead fortified its roots firmly into the ground.

  They fired a volley of bullets from my compact pistol; caressing the air at

  swashbuckling speeds before striking the wall,

  It stood unperturbed like a handsome prince; and there was not the slightest

  of indentation.

  They hurled at it colossal buckets of fuming acid; drenching its demeanor with

  blistering liquid,

  It refrained to change its complexion; and sparkled even more after the aftermath.

  They incessantly sprinkled it with disdainful petrol wildly bursting from hospices; then ignited the same with a blazing torch;

  It however refrained to catch fire; shimmered mystically under the pearly moon.

  They attempted to chop it down with their acrimonious axe; indiscriminately

  slashing at its body,

  It neither bled nor wept; while the axes after a while seemed to be

  thoroughly battered and bruised.

  They dug the earth to fathomless depths; feeding its foundation with a

  battalion of parasitic termites,

  It resisted their ominous attack; the termites after several days felt exorbitantly exhausted and eventually slept.

  They tied it with chains and iron shackles; tugged at it with from all sides

  exerting tumultuous strength,

  It didn’t utter the slightest of whisper; neither did it move a centimeter; proving their vindictive attempts worthlessly futile.

 

  They left a fleet of hostile vulture to devour it; pulverize its persona to threadbare rags,

  It remained as stoical as ever; and the birds flew away without trying to invade and harm it.

  They then banged and pummeled it with their fists; as a manifestation of their