PAIN
-VISHESH UNNI R.
You my sine-qua-non.
All the blood I spilt
And learnt. The emotions
I bury which are born out
Of wrath and jealously. The
Chain which I ken,
On me made from all
I dislike and hate-my
Aggression to remove
Them from the life of
Mine. Yet you show
The scars, your lovely
Marks embedded deep
And struck on my mortal
Flesh. I am conceit,
You eat it. I am
Happy you make me
Happier. You wrap me
And strike me, a
Conclave of your might
And strength and love,
Meet and build me
Vein by vein, flesh
By flesh, I admire
You and see you all
Around the earth and skies,
You are me and you-pain.
Pain, I feel you
Inside me. A friend needs
No more than a tongue to
Give you a stage. You
Sting me deep, deep
And deep inside, all I
Hear is a melancholy
Baritone of my past.
All bricks stumble,
Shadows grown through
Years fall, deepning
The abyss I fall
Into; like water flowing
Reflects from the sun’s
Spell, you make me
Shine as you spread
Through mankind. Fortune
You are to me,
As you made
Braver and inoculated
Me against venom
Of man’s tongue. I
Resist all because of
You. I develop into
Me thanks to you. Love
Rings in your name.
You my best pal-pain.
Oh! Pain you once
Fled me, now you cling your
Teeth hard into my mortal
Flesh, installing love and
Peace into me as only you
Do. I praise you, for
All you to me, all
Ways you show. I
Fainted and woke to
Find a layer stronger
And a life harder in
Front with swords and
Nails all beating my
Haunted way. No road
Is empty, you are
My company to the
End, my day where I
Lose my flesh and
Spill blood on mother
Earth. All I feel
From you and your
Virtue, the love you
Install, oh! I fail
To see the darkness
Which people fear and
Block your unmisted
Self. Oh! Fortitude!
A hard nail driven
In me, you bloom your love
On me. You pain, my friend
I love, you share with
Me your pains. Be not too
Hard on me, I can stand
You. I deserve your love, I
Know you live in me, I’m
Prudent not to play with you,
Yet I end so. You laugh
At me and the affection you
Show me, makes me more a
Man than the sky. Like stars
You dot me, like river
You flow in me, like the sun
You burn me, you wash
The bubble revenge away
From my mind-exposing my
True self to me. How can
I hate you, my dear friend
Pain, I love you and your
Love for me. Let us be together,
I hurt-no will not hurt a
Man or a living but you
Still show your self on my
Enemies, you stand by
Me with me always been
Me, you are my pain.
© COPYRIGHT-VISHESH UNNI RAGHUNATHAN.2007
