by gautami tripathy
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May 2, 2006

Choices

October 25, 2006 12:59 PM EDT
views: 40 | rating: 9.8/10 (9 votes) | comments: 17
Deny
Accept.
Going in my mind
Over and over
Me crumbling
Under the weight
Of choice
Of weariness
Of weakness
Not knowing
What I want
None of us really
Knowing what
We want

Locked in
A prison
Of my own making
Chains feel
So nice
Kissed by
Captors
Healing the wounds

Yet knowing
No one to hold
Me when
I escape
No safety net
Other than the cage

(c)gautami.tripathy
~August 31, 2005
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Comments: 17

Barbra L. Oct 25, 2006, 1:21pm EDT
Profound. Great depth of thought. "Painfully" easy visual.
Virginia M. Oct 25, 2006, 1:35pm EDT
...indecision, not knowing which to choose... you wrote very well about it
CANDY k. Oct 25, 2006, 1:54pm EDT
Loving one's captor, loving the chains that hold you prisoner, mmm.
Cheryl W. Oct 25, 2006, 1:56pm EDT
Very powerful poem..
Vicky P. Oct 25, 2006, 3:06pm EDT
I know the feeling, very thought provoking.
John L. Oct 25, 2006, 5:57pm EDT
..."kissed by captors, healing the wounds".... The Helsinki Syndrome....wherein one starts to identify with the oppressors and defend them.

Tough poetic tale, Gautami, breaking the chains of conformity is never an easy choice.
Larry H. Oct 25, 2006, 6:09pm EDT
very nice
Marsha B. Oct 25, 2006, 6:37pm EDT
Very well expressed. I can relate.
meena sundar Oct 25, 2006, 7:54pm EDT
Nicely written and it is very powerful.
Linda Douglas Oct 25, 2006, 9:31pm EDT
Wow. Very well done.
Entropy A. Oct 25, 2006, 11:45pm EDT
Choice in every form is conflict. Contradiction is inevitable in choice;
this contradiction, inner and outer, breeds confusion and misery...

-J. Krishnamurti
tuwanda t. Oct 26, 2006, 8:51am EDT
I enjoyed that . Hummm !
gautami tripathy Oct 26, 2006, 2:19pm EDT
I wrote more than a year back. When I was in a questing mode. Sometimes it is very difficult for us us to make choices. But one has to move on.

I did.
m.n. yano Nov 1, 2006, 8:21am EST
Some people mistake choppy phraseology for poetry when the hard truth is, poetry, out of abundance or lack of words thereof, the big idea or concept must still be captured clearly.

Our poetess could use a little help from e.e.cummings if at all she wants to dish out serious poetic produce that are complete despite the skeletal framings of scanty wordings or versing.

A 10 for campus bulletin!
gautami tripathy Nov 5, 2006, 7:58am EST
Emeniano, you too have the choice not to read this and comment...

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