March 20, 2016 - Vijaya Sundaram

The Peel’s The Thing
©March 20th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram

Everything is camouflage,
All of it, all.
So, who are you, really
When you don’t blend in?

Under all those words,
Under all those deeds,
What is your true
Immaculate, perfect Face?

You peel and peel away
Each layer of self
Until you reach the core,
And it’s not there!

Perhaps, the mistake
Is in assuming there is one.
Perhaps the peel’s the thing
Perhaps the core’s a dream.

Metaphors fail us
When we need them most.
And what are we without them?
Just a trace of ourselves, mere ghosts.

Mere constructs we are
Of memory, of love, of lust
Of DNA strands coiling
In eternal dance.

Constructs which think
Constructs which grow
Constructs which reflect
Themselves in fun-house mirrors!

And with these peeled shadows,
These confused reflections,
These strands of DNA which dance,
You make a life, and await death.

In response to The Daily Post’s Daily Prompt: Window

Window – A Junction
©March 20th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram

Your eyes, her mind
Your picture, her frame
Her universe, your telescope
Your song, her bar lines.

No, you cannot own her.
Nor can she own you.
What you see is just
An aperture, a capture.

The window makes
All reducible, accessible
Conceals the mystery.
And you will forever
Create the back-story.
So, it must be.

For this is where your worlds touch.
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Mar 20, 2016 Haiku

Rhymed Season: Winter – Haiku 4
©March 20th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram

White and cold and stark
Snow falls in the glooming dark.
Winter makes his mark.

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Mar 20, 2016 Haiku

Rhymed Season: Autumn – Haiku 3
©March 20th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram

Mar 20, 2016 Haiku

Salt and sweat and sun
Summer flowers swoon as one
Ere the day is done.

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Mar 20, 2016 Haiku

Rain and bulbs and sky –
Blue-jays and geese flashing by –
Spring-time makes me sigh.
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Vijaya Sundaram