When words move out of their homes
And emerge like stubble, all prickly
It is time to shave them off
We carve our future with a dose of ambitions
But sometimes the cravings get out of hand,
Boisterous. It is then time to take the whip out.
A stubble can be boisterous but not a gangster
Nor does it crave for the murderous thrill of a gang-rape.
Yet we happily shave off stubbles and rejoice.
Where reason fails and entreaties are trampled
Throw desires out to crave until they agree
To return at your terms. Strengthen the social fabric.
Why can’t the evil within us be a mere stubble
And go away, disappear when a razor appears
To swish over it to whisk it away?
We know stubbles appear again and again
So does evil. So does the razor and so does
Public outcry when a wrong is done.
Stubbles and crimes are poems on the edge of reason
Where a step beyond can obliterate
And a step inside can fade the edge away!
This post is a part of the ‘Shave or Crave’ movement in association with BlogAdda.com
Arvind Passey
07 January 2013
4 comments
subhorup says:
Jan 8, 2013
Wow. One of the nicest things that I have seen arising out of these contests, Arvind, is the innovative use of the topic to convey ideas that are much more important and relevant than the contest itself. This poem is really hard hitting and a lovely read. I see that you have several entries lined up. All the best for the contest. I wrote an entry too.
Arvind Passey says:
Jan 9, 2013
Thanks Subhorup… did read your entry as well. In fact it was your entry that egged me on to write these three posts on the final day of the contest.
Yes, I too love these contests for giving my wayward thoughts a direction… they do make you write — well, think and write.
Bikramjit Singh Mann says:
Jan 8, 2013
Sir ji so many posts on just one topic.. 🙂 great
but this poem gives out a different message tooo, nicely written sir
Bikram’s
Arvind Passey says:
Jan 9, 2013
Thank you, Bikram… poetry does have strange ways of expressing its intent.