Genesis 1:3

The world in turmoil,

Chaos everywhere around.

The poet in a crisis of his own,

No light, No sounds.

Dark have been the days,

But no fucks given tonight.

God instructs himself-

Let things be “ Lite” .

Happiness!

Is’nt that a welcome sight?

Happy faces, happy lives?

Sunshine and flowing locks of hair,

Some clean mountainous air.

What does this world need?

If not happy lives, at least, happy stories.

This one needs to be left untouched,

It is one fine ending, no worries.

In his quest for suffering,

The poet must move on.

Stuck neck deep in the past,

He needs a muse to come along.

Too busy scribbling amateurish poems,

Or trying to write that perfect song,

He must concentrate on tragic prose now,

It is perhaps, sometimes, not too late to right a wrong.

He has known hope,

Slightly distorted lips, really big eyes.

Now that he wishes to no longer cling on,

She just refuses to die.

But isn't it always right,

To let stories meet a natural end?

Natural is subjective, open to possibilities,

Exploring that, is my intent.

Ashutosh is dying,

He has little time left.

It is time to dedicate him a story deft,

Before he has permanently slept.

Ashutosh

As his blood thins by the day,

His words desert him,

Tired of the long thirty odd years,

His chances are slim.

A man lonelier, I have never seen,

He is like fungi, on shit he has grown.

Fuck lovers and friends,

Even a family he has never known.

How do I comfort him?

I am a tough dog now, I don’t cry.

I wish I could showcase his life for him.

But let it be. Let the poor man die.

Fantasies, a poet can’t live by,

I wouldn’t bother asking why.

Can’t help free people acting shy,

Some people don’t get to say goodbye.