WORDPLAY July, 2013 | Page 19

Stomp footed, down treaded, visibly in-visible there Me walking, grasping others behaviors and stare Feeling no one ‟ s presence and kin by my side Aching heart, clutch in throat, pain in belly centroid Inferring jealousy as the reason for such gestures From those plausible pack of blistering laughter ‟ s Their faces gleamed with sort of entertainment Sharing d workload of aorta and vein sentiment Diminishing pain of heart to very sheer essence. Thy treating me like poker face concealing entity Failing to calculate how to establish my identity Oh! There is a tiny spock of unseen heart I possess De-scaling every day to waste stream of ashes Withholding huge tumbles of salty H to O Behind feathery eye-lids, dearly urging to flow What a shame being nonchalantly lame Impotent to understand the very social game Wish cloning was ethical, had my own clone Wouldn ‟ t have consumed the meaning of being ALONE

Stomp footed, down treaded, visibly in-visible there Me walking, grasping others behaviors and stare Feeling no one ‟ s presence and kin by my side Aching heart, clutch in throat, pain in belly centroid Inferring jealousy as the reason for such gestures From those plausible pack of blistering laughter ‟ s Their faces gleamed with sort of entertainment Sharing d workload of aorta and vein sentiment Diminishing pain of heart to very sheer essence. Thy treating me like poker face concealing entity Failing to calculate how to establish my identity Oh! There is a tiny spock of unseen heart I possess De-scaling every day to waste stream of ashes Withholding huge tumbles of salty H to O Behind feathery eye-lids, dearly urging to flow What a shame being nonchalantly lame Impotent to understand the very social game Wish cloning was ethical, had my own clone Wouldn ‟ t have consumed the meaning of being ALONE

~ Anshul Vyas

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