Poetry: PAIN & I

Compiled by M H Ahssan

Pain arose
And kept increasing in intensity
Pain quivered in agony
Pain spoke, screamed, shouted
Raised the whole house on its head
Even beckoned the people outside,
Everyone spoke to pain
Comforted stroked it,
I got left behind.

Pain came,
I welcomed it into my heart,
Cajoled it, sweet talked it, made it understand,
It is futile to cry and weep,
The world is full of crying and weeping,
Come let us sing together,
Liven up this isolated lonely home,
Liven up these isolated moments of time
Liven up these isolated lonely hearts !
Which epic has stipulated (in writing)
That life is all about being grim
That sadness is the epitome of life –
I set the tone of my song,
Pain joined me in tune
Pain became my partner .

Pain, the moment he became one with me said –
“I am without medication, without cure !”
I said “ Then what’s the point of screaming “
He said “ Then what will we get by singing ?”
I tolerated my pain, subdued it,
Pain became my slave, my follower !!