A Between Expression and Repression| Poem by Pari-phrasis 🖋 A Dance Between Expression and Repression Words, like birds trapped in a cage, Flutter towards the bars of my throat, Yearning to interrupt unfastened into the wild sky. But the air thickens with judgment's weight, A shadow casting doubt upon their flight. I stand at the brink of expression, A tightrope stretched skinny over a chasm of silence, Where every step, every syllable, Trembles under the scrutiny of unseen eyes. My voice, a timid flower, Petals curled tight towards the bloodless winds of perception, Seeks the warm temperature of understanding, Yet retreats whilst met with the frost of indifference. Shame, an unwelcome guest, Lingers like smoke in an empty room, Suffocating the reality I desire to breath whispers in my ear, An echo of beyond rejections, A reminder that vulnerability is a double-edged sword, When I speak, the worldshifts, An ocean of critiques rise to s...
Like a tree's deciduous shed although, leaving it all bare a promise of a green herald of spring is rendered over its hand. The tree howbeit, yet the same sturdy, shouldering every passing bird a rest, stands still, tall and mighty. Indistinguishable, is the love that we share. Like the tree out stretching its exposed arms embracing both fall and fame with a flair, we too await the harbinger of hope, despite every despair. An annual change, seldom does alter a love that is true. Like the tree withstanding gales myriad battles have been conquered by us too. But unlike, the tree deciduous with parting leaves, our love shall bloom evergreen, in every verse we meet. The miles, the uncertainties may part us regardless, but neither the earth's revolutions nor a change in calendar can decipher how far we've arrived surpassing each precariousness. A cyclone or a drought may perish after all. Us and the tree. But, till eternity my lines 'll read aloud thy love...
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