Tied to the wheels of death. by Ashok ShardaTied to the wheels of death
I keep on moving
Round and round
Commencing my journey from X time
Terminating it at Y
Returning back to X
Umpteen times
Multiplied by umpteen times.
Is there a way out?
If X and Y are simultaneous
Ever present.
Chronologically
For the sake of documentation
I was born in the X time
I died in the Y.
02/09/2003 Posted on 02/09/2003 Copyright © 2024 Ashok Sharda
Member Comments on this Poem |
Posted by Deanna M Gritsonis on 02/09/03 at 09:24 AM I love the xy part to this so DNA of you. |
Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 02/09/03 at 02:56 PM As are well all sir. Worthy poetics from A to Z or should I say X to Y. |
Posted by JD Clay on 02/09/03 at 03:44 PM I thoroughly enjoyed this timeless piece Ashok. Especially the metaphoric use of the wheel and its cyclical connotation.
Peace... |
Posted by David R Spellman on 02/09/03 at 06:23 PM Very thought provoking and quite an interesting read. |
Posted by Betania Tesch on 02/13/03 at 01:54 AM meet me in the Z time and we will transcend these trivialities.
love. |
Posted by Laura Doom on 10/06/03 at 06:54 PM X, Y and...umpteen? - the value at which philosophy and math diverge?
Good to be reminded that 'life' and 'death' are not synonymous with 'beginning' and 'end', unless one is feeling particularly egocentric :o] |
Posted by Michele Schottelkorb on 12/08/03 at 07:07 AM very philosophical... and thought provoking... you have a way with that :)... blessings, my friend |
Posted by Rula Shin on 01/20/04 at 07:46 PM *Is there a way out?* I don't think there's any escaping the cycle of death and rebirth...not the first time nor the 'upteenth time,'
*Tied to the wheels of death
I keep on moving
Round and round* Yes, it's a cycle that we feel we have to name or document, as you said, though X & Y are relative in time. Why do we see their existance as plots - specific beginning and ending points on the axis of life when they are truly ever existing? This reminds me of another of your poems, The unknown can’t be verbalized...nor can any other cycle of nature be truly and accurately defined by our percieved meaning of X and Y. Hmmm...hope I'm making sense here :-)
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