Tired of staring at screens
i walk out for a breathe
and then i see a shooting star.
In the insomnia and the haggles
hitting violently on my mental being
I see a shooting star.
When the neon sign far off
flicker peacefully into the night
I see a shooting star.
In the stillness of the street below
and the meandering whispers of the wind
I see a shooting star.
Amidst the whirring of fans
and the silence of sleep
I see a shooting star.
Watching the lone worker go home
under the watchful eye of the moon
I see a shooting star.
Trying to swim through the tide of thoughts
when all i want to do is rest on the ocean floors
One last look before i take the plunge
And I see a shooting star.
Sounds quite romantic Huh! :P I dunno if the poem was meant to be so! But, it's a good one if you wanna serenade you know who! Haha
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ReplyDeletewell, poems can be interpreted in various ways,
and i don't think it is anywhere even close to romanticism...
My interpretation:
the person is tired and feels totally lost in life.. craving for some peace that can't be found... through the mundane life, keeps rummaging... and finally decides he just wants to rest in peace, and is about to self immolate, by plunging in the waters of the oceans, and that is when he sees a shooting star, and he/she changes his/her mind :)
Trying to swim through the tide of thoughts
when all i want to do is rest on the ocean floors
One last look before i take the plunge And I see a shooting star.
nice :)
@Pratik....its wasnt in the least bit supposed to sound romantic...well,this means that the poem failed completely!
ReplyDelete@Indi....Absolutely true, how something can have so many facets and each facet have so many views and interpretations.....the poem is just about some time late night, when i saw the actual things mentioned in the poem....only the last paragraph describes what my mental state....
Man, I'm a complete moron when it comes to understanding poems. Well, I tried to read the poem like 2-3 times to get the hang of it. I din't get what does "Shooting Star" symbolise?
ReplyDelete@Pratik.....u arent a moron!....its just interpretation.....the shooting star does not symbolise anything....i actually saw a shooting star.....:)
ReplyDelete@Pratik... tht's just your interpretation... not moronic at all... good you atleast try to see it in a different light :) that's what budding poets are supposed to do :)
ReplyDelete@manan... nice composition... so simple yet so different...