Words
lost their souls and turned into ghosts
that haunted the pulpits and public
places.
The
King is a great orator who conjures up
paradises of soulless words and gimmicks.
Verbal
ghosts are hungry for blood
that was shed in the dark alleys of bygone
days.
They
travel on witches’ brooms between
Rama’s Treta yuga and the Mahatma’s
Kali yuga,
Their
forked tongues spitting poison
presumed as nectar by
fortune-seekers,
the sexless witches impotent to make
love.
They
make war,
They
make places of worship,
Where
the gods are always hungry,
creatures of infinite hunger,
they swallow love and truth;
They
are gods of words,
words turned ghosts,
ghosts that haunt a
nation.
Hope we make better use of words. So that we have friendly ghosts to better our nation :)
ReplyDeleteA better nation can be created with words provided the speaker has a vision.:)
DeleteWords used in proper way can avoid swords. Thanks for sharing a word on words :)
ReplyDeleteWords are the tools of the human species. Civilised if
DeleteThese days words haunt me the most. Words have gone diabolic in today's world. They can kill.
ReplyDeleteWords can heal too. My dream is for that India which Tagore described: "where words come from the depth of the heart."
DeletePeople from my generation (mostly) speak some random rubbish all the time. They speak I don't know what and why. Sometimes,I get a headache. If people are getting to these levels I don't know when Tagore's words would get realized.
DeleteI understand that, Namrata. I'm sometimes shocked by the behaviour of some of my own students: more by the arrogance than the ignorance.
DeleteI like the lines 'Verbal ghosts are hungry for blood' best.
ReplyDeleteIgnorance fed by our leaders coupled with instinctive hatred is the cause of bloodthirst.
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