Must we perhaps surrender and
Deny our own passionate heart?
Mallu and Shibs at Marine Drive, Vanilla Sky Evening
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Forget the fire within us,
With pedantic methods of art?
My sketch of Abhi and Mallu, Pencil on Paper
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Deny our minds and our senses,
What feels to be magically true?
My Sketch of Salma by the Drapes, Pencil on Paper
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Shape the world by cold rules and measures
Under which we were never subdued,
Optic reflections of Bottled Water, Mumbai, My Room, My Wall
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Forget the frontiers of our instincts,
Under burdens of teachings we ache,
Mumbai Uni Clock Tower - Churchgate, A Rusty Old Night
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Deny ourselves the glory,
The world in our eyes to remake.
Goa with Pari and Axe, A memorable yet forgotten beach.
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Take away the inner fulcrum,
Take away the inner light,
Axe Staring in On, Fleeting Express Goa-Mumbai
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Take away the visual clarity,
Give it up without a fight?
Abhijeet's , Jaigaon W.B., Religious Sacrosanct Chaos
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Give up your inner chasm,
Give up your naked self,
Thrilled Teju, Byculla Firehouse Mumbai, 4 a.m. Miracles
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Given up your very freedom,
We find immortality withheld.
Susan, Marine Drive Mumbai, Mocking the Twilight Gods
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No joyous drowning laughters,
None echo through the streets,
Lonely Road, Marine Drive Opp. Oberoi Hotel, Apocalyptic Homage
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Perhaps our gods have unmade us,
No more secrets left for us to keep.
Shan grinning, Croissant Cafe Churchgate Mumbai, Flashes of Insight
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Yet we smile like grazing cattle,
Perhaps only alive within our heads.
Roan at Gokarna Beach Karnataka, Realization of the Moving Sun
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Pray for the far horizon,
Valhalla - dreams we really dread.
Cosmic Coconut, Gokarna Beach Karnataka, Lonely Planet
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And set with each fleeting moment,
With rememberance of things past.
PnP's, Gokarna Beach Karnataka, The Last Sign, The Last Stand
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When we were masters of the art,
When we mastered our own craft.
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Photos taken using a W810i (2MP) and K850i (5MP) cell camera. None of these photos have been Photoshop-ed or are flukes ;)
Photos and Poem by Samir Alam.