Dark Room January 9th Koshur Qalam - کآشُر قلم challenge prompt poem by Dr Koshy AV
In the dark room of the
mind - the throne of thoughts
or heart -the seat of feelings and emotions
dwell dark, unspeakable things
In the dark room of the soul
or spirit
these dark ideas and moving images
or words, thoughts and emotions
of evil lusts, desires and their roots
lurk
tempting by taking on fair disguises
to make you fall into
the abyss
that has no floor
Only innocent doves
shrewd snakes
can bypass these doors of temptation
that when you cross them
contain bystanders
who call out to you their wares
and even try to guess your inner name
to make out they have supernatural powers
These are the dark-room dwellers, outside
When you are in the dark-room
or meet the ones who try to lure you in
you come to the awareness
that some have emerged
into the light
from Plato's cave
Either they never acquiesced
to the dark room's enticements
from when they were children
like Samuel or Mary
or when grown-up
realized
the dark-room has/is a trapdoor that opens under your feet suddenly
to the abyss
and it lost its fascination for them
who were till then playing with it
as if it is a toy
when it is a suicidal, slow slope
and so they left
taking along with them
any ready to come
to swell the ranks of the ones
who no longer want to be deluded and plagued
by the dark room's meaningless allurements
and charm.
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