All yours…

I lay down my arms

The battle is lost

My allies are gone

I am left all alone

Hope was butchered

Spontaneity maimed

Dreams taken prisoners

Optimism retired hurt

A wry laughter rings

Pessimism sings

You win I lose

No need for coups

All that was mine

Is now yours

Why leave them behind

Take also these tears…

-Shail Mohan (June 2009)

Reposted from shail-mohan blogs @sulekha.com

10 Responses to “All yours…”

  1. Hi, Shail. I like the way the short lines work to catapult the reader forward…with a gait like a fractured, ironic nursery rhyme (if that makes any sense). ~ Tim

    Me: Thanks Tim. That’s interesting, a gait like a fractured, ironic nursery rhyme! :)

  2. tikulicious INDIA on July 12th, 2009 at 18:06

    Hi Shail
    truly captivating verse. loved it. simple yet highly effective.. keep sharing

    Me: Thanks Tikuli :)

  3. I thought that I commented on this. Am I being a pair of nerds? (or paranoid)

    Were my comments removed because they were not appropriate enough. Are people laughing at my remarks, my thinking, my punctuation, my nerve in coming here? Do they think that I suffer from the residue of electro-shock therapy, the inability to express a thought, the habit of missing transitions, or understating generalizations.

    Do they see me a a former Marx brother or a member of George Bush’s cabinet? How long can I go on?

    Where is the doormat of welcome? Where is it?

    Where are my comments? Is it possible that I didn’t write them. me of writer motivation par large volume?

    Me: OMG Bob, you are making me laugh!! Lol, you had not commented here, but you commented on this somewhere else! *still smiling at Bob’s comment* :P

  4. Kickass !

    Me: Thanks! :)

  5. But hope should have been kept alive.

    Me: Hmmm… yeah maybe new shoot will sprout :)

  6. Is it not a blunder
    to even think of plunder
    when willingly I surrender
    tearing my heart asunder?
    A victory for the vanquished over the raider.

    Me: :)

  7. heart wrenching Shail.

    Me: Thanks Indy

  8. Hi Shail! Can’t resist not to pay a visit here….

    “All Yours” is very catching!

    Missing you! {{{hugs}}} ^_^

    Me: Hey Richette, nice to see you here. Thanks! Hugs back at ya. :)

  9. P.S.
    I just wonder why my flag next to my name is Australia….What happened to Philippine Flag??? Big wonder…???

    Me: *wondering too*

  10. Awesome, the close!

    Me: Thanks Usha, those my fav lines too. :)

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