Time
its dragging by
like ball and chain
manacled on a prisoner's feet.
Rustling papers, whirring fans and
unsure gazes fill the silence
in lazy form.
Ah! A happy crow sings an off-key melody
Phew! Life exists!
Still, stillness pierces through
No matter how peaceful
body starts its complaints
All kinds of
cramps, cricks and knots
march relentlessly into the body
like soldiers ready to fell
a mammoth enemy
So, is rest, relaxation, peace and
all the hoopla a hoax then?
If only
a true emotion
was allowed
to burst free in this void
with wild abandon
Sadly, its not to be
Sit tight, gaze steady and
'Duty', be honored!
This stillness, unwelcome
But to be endured still
will endure....
must!
This was written when I had Xmas exam supervision. When i was a student, I used to think that the exam supervisors are really lucky, that they didnt have to write or undergo the pain of writing the exam. Wrong! Its a torture to be an exam supervisor. For three hours, which stretches like 3 years, I (not just me, other teachers also) have to stand there-doing nothing but stare at the exam fevered students. One thing we can do, is study the expressions of the students. Its semi- interesting. This poem reflects what went through my mind when i was in one such exam duty.
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Anonymous said...
Ahhh the afternote makes the poem easier to understand!! You are right, we all think, Oh its so easy for them supervisors, just stand there doing nothing! But you my dear are blessed with an imagination! I know... its when we could really make the best use of it, that our mind refuses to function - maybe it wants to get bored for a while!!!
Happy New Year dear!
January 7, 2009 at 2:23 AM
M.Rose said...
@ Chris: Thank u. New Year wishes to u too,dear. Exam duty-It really is torture. I would prefer writing a nail biting exam than do exam duty any day. Creativity can be like a diva. It makes appearances only when it wants to. But then, that's life!!
January 7, 2009 at 11:04 AM
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February 11, 2009 at 4:49 AM
chinny said...
sometimes true but i've to say that such long hrs when most are scribbling away frantically,have made me reach for pen &paper,and jot down thoughts,emotions,dreams...poems..
March 2, 2009 at 2:39 AM
mathew said...
wow.....
i wud never ever hav thought from the pther side of view..... i mean u teachers side..... unless or until i'd be placed in sucha situation...
ur poem brings in me my wildest imagination....
its been long since i stopped reading also...
March 27, 2010 at 8:59 AM
M.Rose said...
@mathew: who knows, one day u might be at the other end & then u might remember this.
March 27, 2010 at 12:04 PM
mathew said...
no way....
i'll never be...
i will never put me in that position...
also i'm very impatient lil brat
March 28, 2010 at 11:14 PM