Saturday 30 August 2008

Creativity


The lightning was about to strike.

Goose flesh, murmured the artist,
As he set his canvas ready-
To dip his brush in dream's ink
And to touch his lightning stroke-
Of wondrous art.

The lightning was about to strike.

Eclectic, he wiped clean the lens,
As he set the shutters open,
And zoomed his mind's eye
To capture that one streak-
Of sheer brilliance.

The lightning was about to strike.

Am done, his eyes twinkled,
A challenge, to the creator-
As he set his quill down,
A satiated sigh escaped his lips.
He looked up at the sky-
In loathsome contempt.

His eyes never strayed,
To glimpse the light,
Nor did his soul leap,
In unwavering excitement.
The poet, sat isolated.
Detached,
He read out his mystic music,
To the silence of the night.

As thunder growled,
He raised his baritone voice-
Peals of his soulful symphony,
Ringing clear.
And as lightning struck, he called out loud-
His words bore the barcode of his soul-
In sheer invisible gold.
And, no divine trace could match his creation
Superlative.

The lightning had struck out, after all.

2 comments:

  1. An unwavering poet capturing the lighting in his mind, soul and quill.
    Nice setting to the poem and especially these

    "The poet, sat isolated.
    Detached,
    He read out his mystic music,
    To the silence of the night."

    "His words bore the barcode of his soul-"

    The above line captures our technological age of barcodes. This piece will stay as a piece for future for sure.

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  2. This poem in itself is creative genius too, at its best... The Creator vs the creator!! And no matter who wins, if at all there needs to be a winner, I suppose it is the creation... of the creation:)

    Lovely verse... another one of your superlative ones. There are some really stunning lines here.. and usage that is "hatke" but all very topical and pertinent!
    "barcodes of the soul", for instance!

    Lovely read, for me, the first this this Sunday morning:)

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