Wednesday 28 August 2013

Master of puppets


 I am a broken toy without your string
Still dancing without you
Alive but fading each second without you
Master of puppets

You asked me to leverage my best
Let go of my past
Burn like a candle
Eat dark and spread light
Burn little by little
Scald little by little
Die but live

like a cricket’s quiet courting song
Knowing the love is near yet long
Voice weak yet strong

Be the carriage of borrowed glow
Like a moon 
Round still edgy
Dark still beaming
With a belief in goodness

On the edge of precipice
Wanting to fly on fall
But your words keep me grounded
My promise keeps me alive
Away from you,
To be with you,
With my words for you
Master of puppets

I wonder like calypso in Odyssey
Waiting for you to be immortal
Knowing that this is just a bubble
That you are gone
Leaving me alone
Asking me to wait
For the dawn
Master of puppets

Your dreams pepper and infuse
fancy in reality
bite after bite
Of your love
thrust after thrust
Of your lust
cryptic and real
Raged and surreal
Your memories
Your touch
Master of puppets

I rise like soufflĂ© 
rapidly falling in a fizz
drumbeats of your kiss
still banging in an abyss
You climb up in each moments
Moments that are broken
Moments those are empty
Moments that are bare
Because you are not there
But I am there keeping your words

Being alive


(C)Juztamom 2013

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44 comments:

  1. Oh! I liked the title so much. One of my most fav Metallica song :)

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    1. Hey thanks so much. Not a big fan of Metallica but it is a good song :)

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  2. Lovely and very Thoughtful Lines.. :-)

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  3. "Like a cricket's quiet courting song..."

    Just beautiful Sfurti!

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  4. "Like a cricket's quiet courting song..."

    Just beautiful Sfurti

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  5. very nice. I like the rhythm and the tone.

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  6. lovely flow of lines.. :)

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  7. It's such a profound piece. I really like the verse with flying and words keeping you grounded.

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    1. Saru coming from you it means a lot to me. Thank you so much :)

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  8. Love the flow of this and the whole idea of the Master of Puppets. Beautifully done.

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  9. This gave me goosebumps. And it looks like you used all or most of my word list--congratulations!

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    1. Thanks Timoteo. I did use all of them but they wrote on their own. The list had its own story. Thanks for a wonderful story :)

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  10. master of puppets .. hmm .. I read this only to realize yes indeed puppet i am as well .. we all are .. somewhere somehow may be for sometime or for always..
    there is this thoughtfulness in you which you deliver best in words ..
    It difficult to select any of your work as best .. all are .. whatever I have read so far ..

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    1. So many wonderful words again. Your words are really encouraging dear :)

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  11. "Knowing the love is near yet long
    Voice weak yet strong"

    This is beautiful!

    K

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  12. Hi Sfurti,The poem is superb! It has pathos,it has emotions and it has come straight from the Heart.

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    1. Usha ji thank you so much. Words of encouragement. Means a lot!!

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  13. ... this is epic. Great write~~~

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  14. You carved a tale tale, at times is prepped, at time yearning , at times sensuous, at times forlorn but most of all it is alive.

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  15. beautiful flow....... fantastic. :)

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  16. Fantastic poem. Simple and easy to understand. So very meaningful too.

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  17. Very soulful, I felt a connect there :-)
    Wonderfully written.

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  18. Hey, absolutely fabulous poetry with deep sense rolling & tittle is so catchy. You cant stop till it ends.

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    1. Wow thank you so much for such a wonderful comment. You made my day :)

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  19. Beautiful words. They flow so sweetly. Love the image too.

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  20. what a cascade of words and emotions in this...
    my fav stanza starts...I wonder like calypso in Odyssey
    cool piece...

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  21. So much depends on that Master of Puppets! An intriguing write.

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  22. These Masters of Puppets are really good with the lingo and the daring one to leap off the precipice. Often, they are not so good at Staying Around to scoop us up at the bottom.

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