Grumble n disagree Fret n ruffle .. Be calm. Claim the unbridled Laugh at own inability .. Stay composed. See too much Get too little .. Do not expect. Wonder wish want Won’t deter .. Be reasonable. . . . . Perceive. Assume. Construct. Settle. Let go.

Unheard mutterings Wishful longings Looking for a word Are words understood? Is meaning relevant? Besmeared soot Could anyone notice? Questions within questions Truth? Relative Gaze? Tired Of looking Of observing Of assimilating Of consuming Of absorbing Absorption Myopia Voicelessness Colour? Irrelevant.

Have witnessed Have processed Have projected Have persisted Have expected Have failed Have endured Have hoped Have negated Have accepted Have connected Have detested Have lost Have lived Have seen Have been And they ask, why dark circles..

Stories of silence Silence in stories               Story within story My story Your story Crossroads               O B F U S C A T I O N S Dilemmas Stalemate Voicelessness O B L I T E                          Silence R A T I O N Counter narratives

The gap The silence The desire The hope The gap The FOREVER Is satiation a myth? Are there answers? Possibly it’s just me I think too much. Conceivably Presumably Period. P.S. : Really?

‘Tis distance that was feared Why intuition did not work at all What had to be avoided caught on ‘Tis desire that has smeared Why it escapes boundaries … does not fit definitions Why these reverberations n reflections … do not fear repercussions ‘Tis dependence that has possessed Why desperation never leaves … but wasn’t

Unheard mutterings of delicate emotions.. Inexplicable reasons of heart’s swayings.. Unobserved perusals of another’s expressions.. Incomprehensible translations of genuine facades.. Unending conversations of just nothings.. Inaudible admissions of deep seated admirations.. Unsure perceptions of extraneous eyes Incidental conclusions of unwelcome presences.. Unbearable aches of reluctant partings.. Inevitable eventualities of irreversible relationships..