whirling

put on your dancing chappals
let's dance
let's dance
let's dance
to the melody
of flying canisters
with misty eyes
and crimson sweat
let's dance
on the street
in the alleys
do rumi proud
and whirl
your trance will
usher in dawn

let's dance
let's dance
let's dance

computers

etched kodak moments
saved on negatives and slides
preserved in shoe boxes
scanned and preserved
......................yet again
in another format
unleashed a tsunami
people and places
scars and smiles
that can be shared
.......................yet again
instantaneously

infallible

no one is infallible

no one ...

ideology

thought

god

whim

idea

is ...

merrily

though

(ensconced in bubbles)

verdicts

are pronounced

without abandon

inches and miles

a kiss on the lips

a peck on the cheek

inches and miles

apart

tunisia

one down
plenty more to go

who'd be next
depends
on people
who are not walking dead

chasm

we talk

they talk
we do not hear
they do not hear
on different planets?
no
in different lands?
no
same land, often the same city
speaking in different languages
past each other
as the chasm
grows crimson

language divide

language divide: the moderate/liberal majority in pak. is rootless while the beards have grass roots support and network without internet

language divide: the clubs and the cafes are no match for the mosques and madressahs.

That is why neither the parliamentarians nor the dictators can operate freely.

ah salman

he had an air of infallibility

and

with 27 bullets pumped into his back, he would not know what hit him

and

if it is a consolation, he went peacefully

in the pressure cooker of politics, all the bigwigs' sleep is stolen with his demise

pity, if you cannot trust your guards, who can you trust?

Allah?

oh, well!

yes, life is a trust, and to Him all shall return

but like all other quotes, the above is uttered without conviction

lip service

pleasant and unpleasant

stress and pressure reveal characteristics that were moribund

zealous ideologues

zealous ideologues from either fringes ensure spread of misery equally

...

language based semantics causes greater fissure between ultra conservatives and neo liberals

...

to die is easy, to kill easier: to live difficult, to let others live?

Poessay: Rosary 26 - Trancing segues

walls - head - contact - stillness
words - alluring - arresting

enchanting -- enthralling
utterance - discomforting - disconcerting
ominous -- onerous
quietus
silence - sky - stars - splinter
karma
pauses - phrases - awol

bridges - mirages
illusions - delusions - dichotomy
deceptions - dreams - discourse
words - encroaching - stifling
exacting - expecting
explosions - deafening - quiet - still
soundless - prelude - blizzard
storm - eye - peace -- death
death - rebirth - circle
walls - head - contact - stillness

Earlier:

Poessay: Rosary 1 - Pink Sand Beach

Poessay: Rosary 2 - Fishing

Poessay: Rosary 3 - Adam and Eve Limited - I

Poessay: Rosary 4 - Adam and Eve Limited - II

Poessay: Rosary 5 - Descending

Poessay: Rosary 6 - Dinner In The Park

Poessay: Rosary 7 - Under the Jamun Tree

Poessay: Rosary 8 - Voices in the Air

Poessay: Rosary 9 - Life Rosary I

Poessay: Rosary 10 - Life Rosary II

Poessay: Rosary 11 - Creating In Isolation

Poessay: Rosary 12 - Kohled Eyes

Poessay: Rosary 13 - By the Lake

Poessay: Rosary 14 - Snow Flakes

Poessay: Rosary 15 - The Drop

Poessay: Rosary 16 - Ageless Quest - tishnagi

Poessay: Rosary 17 - Hemashree

Poessay: Rosary 18 - Burning blazing fire rages

Poessay: Rosary 19 - Word Whirlpool - BhaNwaur LafzouN Ka

Poessay: Rosary 20 - Thanksgiving I

Poessay: Rosary 21 - KhamOshi - Wordless

Poessay: Rosary 22 - A Simple Poem

Poessay: Rosary 23 - Musings

Poessay: Rosary 24 - Monologue

Poessay: Rosary 25 - Pink flamingos, yellow roses, dark clouds

Poesssay: Rosar 26 - Trancing segues