The Cycle

The Cycle

A Poem by Anand Sehgal

Expectation gives birth to selection, 
Selection triggers a blind bias , 
Bias gives birth to opacity in sight,
Opacity begets doubts of all forms ,
Doubt leads to fragility ,
Fragility leads to destruction ,
Destruction leads to ashes ,
Ashes incubate the Phoenix,
The Phoenix ignites the expectation again.

© 2013 Anand Sehgal


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very thought provoking. expectations sometimes brings disappointment with them. sometimes its just dependent to the fate and sometimes because of our actions. yet another expectation rises within us the moment the former dies...human nature!!

loved the way you have penned it. thanks for sharing.

Posted 11 Years Ago


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Anand Sehgal

11 Years Ago

Thank you for the kind review Atiba :)



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nicely penned...liked it!!!

Posted 11 Years Ago


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Anand Sehgal

11 Years Ago

thank you :)
Connections after connection, i wonder where cant we find the cycle of incidents all around us, i guess no where and that is very nicely described in your poem, Enjoyed reading !

Posted 11 Years Ago


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Anand Sehgal

11 Years Ago

true thing. thank you for kind comments :)
Each line is an introduction to the other, like one door opening to another that is closed. A sense of wonder resonates through this, for me.

Very impressive work!


Kelly

Posted 11 Years Ago


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Anand Sehgal

11 Years Ago

Thanks a lot Kelly for reading :)
wow... love that line... "Bias gives birth to opacity in sight".

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Anand Sehgal

11 Years Ago

Thanks a lot Ma'am :)
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ron
Very nicely done. I like the cycle of this poem. Hence its name. Very clever.

Posted 11 Years Ago


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Anand Sehgal

11 Years Ago

Thanks a lot Ron, Glad that you liked this write :)
Expectations so often bring disappointment; we cannot control the human condition...

Doubt leads to fragility...

This line is the one that jumped out at me - doubt can make us weak. Best to be strong in what we can - and that is in our own self...
Fascinating write.

Posted 11 Years Ago


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Anand Sehgal

11 Years Ago

Thanks a lot Ma'am. Glad that you liked it :)
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Though provoking read..excellent :) x

Posted 11 Years Ago


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Anand Sehgal

11 Years Ago

Thanks a lot friend :)
Brilliant as always. The cycle of expectation and destruction and then renewed expectation made a good read. Having no expectation in life would have saved us from the misery of expectations falling flat but then such a life would be too predictable, too dull.

Posted 11 Years Ago


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Anand Sehgal

11 Years Ago

Thanks for the in depth analysis Ma'am :)
I like where you are going with it this, a lot. The cycle that is romantic love. So often, I have thought of my heart as some kind of lesser Phoenix. This is a fabulous metaphor and the Phoenix is half bird so I yearn to see the metaphor at the beginning too. It's a cycle after all.

Posted 11 Years Ago


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Anand Sehgal

11 Years Ago

I closed the cycle with expectation :P :)
Pryde Foltz

11 Years Ago

no I was thinking of maybe using the word 'hatch' our bursts forth at the beginning or something. Ju.. read more
Anand Sehgal

11 Years Ago

Will keep in mind, will use somewhere else for sure :) :) thanks Pryde. Glad that you liked the writ.. read more

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Added on July 30, 2013
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Anand Sehgal
Anand Sehgal

Kolkata, India



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