by Kushal Poddar
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January 19, 2008

Wild horse and shackles

May 12, 2009 10:15 PM EDT (Updated: May 12, 2009 10:23 PM EDT)
views: 253 | comments: 46

 

Wild horse and shackles

A wild horse today invades in my jungle of dreams,

and I think of you. Moving. Departing our ol’city.

I have been watching like the time I watched my playmate

moving out to a new nest in some other town;

my nose pressed to the window pane, eyes glued, thoughts blank and

this time too I cannot join; too many things to bundle;

too many summing ups, uprooting; fears crawl in

like centipedes of a humid, damp rainy season.

 

 

‘The wild horse leaving me’ feelings strangle you, make you choke;

a city grows into a pane, inside of which I live

and my freedom-eater mundane things glisten with memories.

Memories of liberty and memories against it,

memories of shackles and how much I am it. I am.

A shackle. A bit rusty it is, for my absent mind.

© 2009 - All Rights Reserved Kushal Poddar


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Comments: 46

Kerrell g. May 12, 2009, 10:16pm EDT
Great imagery!
JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ May 12, 2009, 10:19pm EDT
Interesting how it is such an extreme opposite image of how you see yourself and this other person.
Kimberly Ripley May 12, 2009, 10:19pm EDT
I fill the pull of days gone by when I read this. So creative!
Renee (Pres of Baby James Foundation) ~. May 12, 2009, 10:24pm EDT
Kind of makes me think of being captive in someone else's hands.
Nancy Biri May 12, 2009, 10:25pm EDT
Very nice
Kathryn E. May 12, 2009, 10:34pm EDT
So typical sometimes of how two people view the same situation so differently.

Featured in the Triple Name Club.
tammy b. May 12, 2009, 10:37pm EDT
I like it.
Jennifer Lee May 12, 2009, 10:51pm EDT
The second half of your poem resonates with me and reminds me of other lonely, melancholy poetry written by those who have passed on. You are creating a legacy, Kushal. Thank you for posting to our group. You are now featured.
Vivian A. May 12, 2009, 11:00pm EDT
Yes, we can be imprisoned by ourselves. Very nice.
Atticus *. May 12, 2009, 11:03pm EDT
Excellent imagery poddar
Rae M. May 12, 2009, 11:11pm EDT
I can feel the emotion in this poem
JOHN BECK May 12, 2009, 11:30pm EDT
Looking out a larger pane this time, but a pane nonetheless. I hope that you never experience this sense of loss and confinement. Well written, Kushal.
Cheryl W. May 12, 2009, 11:30pm EDT
I enjoyed the imagery in this one, Poddar. Well done....:)
Adrian Eve Revenaugh May 13, 2009, 12:16am EDT
You'll never be shackled Kushal; you have the eye and heart and imagination to know the experience of another. You're a shape shifter.

This would be a keen example. Most fine!
Georgiana S. May 13, 2009, 12:29am EDT
Wild horses should free you!
Kimber F. May 13, 2009, 1:20am EDT
I really enjoyed the imagery in this one. You have a true talent of making me see with your words. Thank you so much for sharing and peace.
Joyce ("Site Cheshire Kitteh") L. May 13, 2009, 2:46am EDT
Beautiful expressiveness - how well you express the mental entrapments. Great job!
Peter R. May 13, 2009, 3:47am EDT
The shackles and the shackled. Thought provoking stuff. 10.
Svetlana Goryacheva May 13, 2009, 6:02am EDT
Thoughtful and captivating... great job, as per usual, dear Poddar! :-)

Blessings and best wishes - S.
Linda T. May 13, 2009, 7:29am EDT
Often we build prisons for our selves and must fight to release whatever shackles are holding us back.
Tha shackles of our own construction are the most confining~
Thank you for posting to GutterGirls~
Angie O. May 13, 2009, 9:39am EDT
I love this line

"and my freedom-eater mundane things glisten with memories"

Full of feelings.
Jodi G. May 13, 2009, 9:42am EDT
very nice
Ann M. (Site Scryer) May 13, 2009, 10:33am EDT
You've captured the "push and pull" tensions of relocating perfectly.

Thank you for posting this to The Surreal Circus.
Robert - just a simple man - B. May 13, 2009, 12:26pm EDT
Great Imagery my friend. Even if I didn't have the 'inside information'.

Yes, I like this. Especially the mundane things that will glisten in memory.
Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. May 13, 2009, 1:06pm EDT
Elegant, Poddar...
Bhawana 'Gather Proud Mom' May 13, 2009, 1:17pm EDT
nose pressed to the window pane...why do I like your lil mentions...How nice!
Angela A. May 13, 2009, 2:00pm EDT
Bravo friend!
I love it.
Thanks for posting to my group, Anythingwriting
Sharon P. May 13, 2009, 2:24pm EDT
Great images.
Chloe Berryman May 13, 2009, 2:54pm EDT
oh, very powerful
sally g. May 13, 2009, 3:25pm EDT
this is very good
John Philipp May 13, 2009, 5:54pm EDT
Intriguing and well done, Poddar. Thanks.
Shelbia C. May 13, 2009, 7:02pm EDT
Wonderful writing
Lewis (taking over Gather) K. May 13, 2009, 8:46pm EDT
Very deep, surreal writing. Love it.
blaine d. May 13, 2009, 8:55pm EDT
very nicely done!
Sheila Deeth May 13, 2009, 8:59pm EDT
Interesting, the different shades of freedom.
Beth - Doing God's work Daily J. May 13, 2009, 10:09pm EDT
Thanks for posting on Getting to 3000 Together.
Shelly B. May 14, 2009, 3:41am EDT
lovely imagery...torn between wanting to have your freedom and wanting to be together...all of us can relate to that feeling, yes?
Chas Andrews May 15, 2009, 4:58pm EDT
thanks!
René Allen May 17, 2009, 1:33pm EDT
Poddar ~ This is a TREASURE among many of your pearls dispersed at will ~ whenever your shell so desires to open.

HUGS AMONG FRIENDS ~
Rene
Alison H. May 18, 2009, 12:58am EDT
A thoughtful write. Rusty shackles do break, in time...
Patti M. May 24, 2009, 4:31pm EDT

This is a wonderful poem.  We all must throw off our shackles to live free.
anna vee May 24, 2009, 7:36pm EDT

I like this one :)
Heather Schultz May 29, 2009, 10:07am EDT

I need to be freed

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