And What Does it All Mean?

And What Does It All Mean?

And what does it mean this emptiness?
Paralyzing sea of loneliness
Eyes of ceilings ears of clock
This forever waiting beating
Heart of staccato rock.

And what do you mean
Your words to me
Heart of loneliness
Lying in tongues to please.

Eyes of glass and deaf ears alas
Thin empty space
Swirling bloody rush,
Soft heartbeat race

And what does it all mean to me
Meaningless empty trashy sea
The rising waves that crash and fall
Obedient blink of eyes plastic ears
A blank servant doll.

This rush of fear
This scary air
The breath that hurts the chest
To bear.

This ticking along sticking
With wayward ticking clock
This seeing beyond my
Stark empty docks.

The lonely sea
It paints for me
A fairyland of faith
Where words work in charming ease.

They never tempt and staunchly
Refuse to tease.

And what did it all mean to you
Is the answer
That kills my question too.

But it did not kill
It could not
My love for you.

And love is not a word anymore.
It is but a handle without a door.

You turn it your way.
And I turn it mine.

And the clock chimes.
And nothing really rhymes.

And writing wishes won't release
Wondering on what could be
Must never cease.

May you hope on poets word
Words that plunge and pierce
Like crystal swords
Each word a beacon
For eyes that see.
Mine are blinded
By loving dreams.

If this sight is
Vision.
It cannot be.

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(c) Amrita Valan 2015