Silence Unexplained

Silence Unexplained

A Poem by Anand Sehgal

As you keep on embedding long pauses 
between your words,
Sometimes I feel you have very little left with you
to speak out.
The moment I start thinking that I would
offer you  solitude as a gift to cherish ,
I hear my name being called silently.

Once again I turn back,
only to listen to you.

I've tried a lot , but I could never snatch away
from you ,
this tiny yet so tight stake you had on me.

Whenever I had thought of cutting this very last string ,
Enthralling reverberations of rumbling 
sound prevailed in my mind.
Dreams of placenta have disturbed my sleep many a time.

Every-time  I keep expecting 
that, this time indeed, you would break your silence;
you would share with me the experiences,
the truth you learned during self-desolation.

waiting endlessly, the Time loses "melanin",
grows old with grey hair.
We remain the same,
the prehistoric smiling faces,
unfazed, unchanged , unexplored;
just you and me.

© 2014 Anand Sehgal


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Ok. Since you sent this again, I will review it once more.
Sometimes, time will make one's perception of a particular piece evolve - where once I reviewed this from the stance of a bystander, I am now living it.
We all have to go through it, I guess. People come and go. Perhaps, these are moments that jar us from our sense of complacency to find lessons each relationship - as each begins and ends.
At the end of the day, we only have ourselves to face and figure out if we have become who we were destined to be or not… and the silence will be unexplained no more.

Posted 10 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Anand Sehgal

10 Years Ago

Thanks dear. I am honored to get two different takes from you on this write. I am honored that you s.. read more



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We learn so much from just being silent....good write....

Posted 10 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Anand Sehgal

10 Years Ago

thank you so much friend :)
This is such a sad and emotional write. You portrayed the feelings so vividly.

~Stefanie

Posted 10 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Anand Sehgal

10 Years Ago

thanks so very much dearie :)
Ok. Since you sent this again, I will review it once more.
Sometimes, time will make one's perception of a particular piece evolve - where once I reviewed this from the stance of a bystander, I am now living it.
We all have to go through it, I guess. People come and go. Perhaps, these are moments that jar us from our sense of complacency to find lessons each relationship - as each begins and ends.
At the end of the day, we only have ourselves to face and figure out if we have become who we were destined to be or not… and the silence will be unexplained no more.

Posted 10 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Anand Sehgal

10 Years Ago

Thanks dear. I am honored to get two different takes from you on this write. I am honored that you s.. read more
This is a very sad poem .Sometimes parents don't know how to be loving and speak with their children.We wait for the day when they will hold our hand and talk to us as adults but it does not happen.Great poem Anand :)

Posted 10 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Anand Sehgal

10 Years Ago

Our life, our relationships are not always of happy-go-lucky nature. It needs some time to be spent .. read more
Vidya Bacchus

10 Years Ago

You are welcome Anand.Always a pleasure :)
Silence is hard on a relationship and it creates building tensions between two people. Thoughts and feelings churn and rise --the actions maybe violent.

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Anand Sehgal

11 Years Ago

yes, silence indeed prepares the stage for a storm. Silence is like the gun-powder.
The inability to cut strings that bind and don't really know if you want to do so or if it will help at all. Thank you for exploring these feelings...

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Anand Sehgal

11 Years Ago

Glad that you liked it. Thank you so much.
Silence can be a very worrying thing in the context of a relationship, be it romance or friendship or familial. I can only say that I relate to this one on a number of levels. Great work, one of your best
:)

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Anand Sehgal

11 Years Ago

I am honored to receive such a comment from a very big writer , thanks Kublakhan :)
I am in awe of the metaphor here, stunning work...got me thinking x

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Anand Sehgal

11 Years Ago

thanks a lot my dear , Love :)
It's hard for me to write down my reaction to your powerfully moving poem, Anand. In her last days my mother's mind was gone and she could no longer speak. How I wished I could talk to her, but she could not understand me if I did. I feel the disconnection that you describe in your heart wrenching poem. You are unquestionably a very gifted poet.

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Anand Sehgal

11 Years Ago

I am honored. You humble me so much ! thank you so much dear Joyce.

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Anand Sehgal

Kolkata, India



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