where am I now . . ?

My friend the other day
was telling about the rain
playing hide and seek. 

I then deviated and started 
a new topic . . . 
"I feel like moving ahead from 
the world of words?",
I said. 

"Do you imagine where would that be?", 
was her surprise query. 

"I don't know . . .
may be to the valley of silence
or to the top of a volcano",
I responded. 

"That's such a contrasting image",
she said. 

"But, both seems to be equal possibilities to me,
that too at the same distance
and I am exactly in the middle,
floating..."

"Wow!" was her response. 

"A strong wind can take me to the top
or a strong flow can take me to the valley.
So, staying afloat can either be a boon or a bane",
I finished my sermon.

She then started laughing 
to be followed only by
a strong wind and an incessant rain. 

,..

Reviews

[priya]

you have created an excellent and fascinating paradox. really like how you add mystery and metaphor in your poems. :)

[Swaroop Manikandan]

thanks Priya that you like the write...

[priya]

my pleasure :)

[escherflight]

This, too, has a real philosophical impulse running through it. Your ideas are thought provoking; the idea of tiring of the world of words is rather a scary concept for a writer, but ok if you have other creative passions, I suppose. Your use of anti-climax at the end is powerful.

[Swaroop Manikandan]

Great that you enjoyed the write :-)

[Namrata]

Wow, I love the contrast you put here, as charming as co-existence of matter and anti-matter. Why can't they co-exist?

[Swaroop Manikandan]

They can't so that we can all exist :-)

[Namrata]

Nice point.

[Eve Ola]

an amazing write with very catchy metaphors . Welldone

[Eve Ola]

may be to the valley of silence
or to the top of a volcano",
I responded.
brilliant

[Swaroop Manikandan]

Thank you Eva for stopping by... Thanks for the review too... It is indeed a warm response...

[Eve Ola]

My pleasure :)

[Ayushi]

Excellent write.. You have got quite an imagination
Liked the lines
""A strong wind can take me to the top
or a strong flow can take me to the valley.
So, staying afloat can either be a boon or a bane""

[Swaroop Manikandan]

Thanks Ayushi for the warm review...

[Gurleen Saluja]

A good work.. Conversational form presented it more elegantly.. :)

[Swaroop Manikandan]

Yup Gurleen... Cheers :-)