MAUDLIN

Strange days of limbo

Empty canvas, the paint ripped off

History waiting to be forgotten

Sentences have stopped,

Some words still straggle on

Red sun suspended in smog

Uncaring about my mood

Preening, its beauty

Touching a smile

For a brief second

The world of pain

Pauses.

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theunopenedbottle

v.k. arathi menon. wordsmith. traveller. single malt lover. book devourer. humour seeker. sometimes humble pie eater. tweets @unopenedbottle. columnist livemint.com http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/PWaDWsGY25TAwzU3R92ZRK/DANCING-DIVORCEE-The-beginning-of-the-end.html

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