Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Present but Absent

Present but absent

Present at a social gathering
Unable to handle my mind’s gathering
Present but absent...

Present with someone I care for
Unable to tell them I care
Absent but Present

Present with my tears
Rolling down my cheeks
No one to wipe my tears,
Except my salty palms
Present but absent

Present in the creation
Of an idea that will take off
If it fails, the failure will be mine
If it succeeds, the Presents will be for others
Present but Absent

Present in my heart
Thoughts of you every hour
It’s your absence that
Makes you present by the hour
Absent but Present

Present in the rain
Absent in the sunshine
Absent in the rain
Present in the sunshine
Either ways, human beings use an Umbrella,
Not realising that only that part of their large sky is covered from them
Stupidity in absence
Smartness in presence
Present but Absent

Choose to be present
Yet be absent
Choose to be absent
Yet be Present
The beginning of a failing relationship
Look for the signs when someone you love
Pretends to be present when absent
Pretends to be absent when present
The love is
Absent but Present

Parag Shah
12th July’11


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