Nachiketa Deb

The mention of name, sends shivers up spine,
The golden sun fades, as your armour it shines.
The flowing mane clouding, a face full of wrath..
A battle-cry sounds, as you walk through the path.
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I open my eyes and gaze upon your face
Etched in wrinkles the cravasse between thoughts and actions
Atrocities inflicted on the ravaged soul
The material immaterializing heartfelt emotions
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Born in a world where
The colors have faded.
Shades of black white and gray
All around as far as sight.
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An old tweed coat and pantaloons,
Patched, frayed as you ran.
Ever wandering, with gleaming eyes
And a silent grin, madman.
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Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way.
As the child, he sits outside,
Cold, shivering away.
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As I walk down these lonely roads,
I think of times gone past;
When you walked alongside me,
Gifting me your priceless trust.
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I sit beside the fire and think,
A whiskey out of bottle, tears on my skin,
I see my life as i slowly pass away,
Holding back a dream of the better days.
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O how I long to see the world, through the child's eye,
Where colors bring wonder, they still mistyfy.
The mind wanders freely, unchained by the real,
Where songs sings, uncaring heart, not whispers but peal.
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The crowd thickens around me, yet i stand alone
For they speak of god, images resembling man,
God shaped more like them, the audacity
I see no reason to behold with my ears
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I ask you as i close my eyes, 'why? '
You say, 'i know not, it seemed right at that moment'...
I rub my hair in exasperation, 'how silly,
Why do that for someone not kin? ' i ask...
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