Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Contradictions...

Yup! Your life is full of ‘em. And mine.Life is an unending chain of contradictions. You hover hesitantly between choices that could make or break your destiny. Sometimes you have to choose between bad choice and a worse, and sometimes you have to choose between good choice and the best. Sound simple right? NO, sir. It ain’t so.
The options set of each decision in life comprises of choices that could hurt a near and dear one, make somebody else worse off, or lead to misunderstanding. But you have to make decisions, perhaps not as independently as you would like to, but nevertheless.
A choice made is a choice made. Stick to it until the end.
Below I post something that is in between thought and poetry.

Maybe it’s thought in the vain attempt to be poetry.
Or maybe it is poetry in the vain attempt to be thought.
Maybe it’s none.
Maybe it’s just an attempt to capture nothingness, and motionlessness of the mind, in words.
Maybe it’s all capricious, just like a falling star.
Maybe it is an attempt to express hidden emotions.
Maybe it is trying to be eloquent with its words.
Maybe it is just celebrating silence.
Maybe….
Maybe.



There’s no turning back
Only moving forward
Or standing still
While the rest of the world
Passes you by.
You can take a moment to
Reminisce of things gone by
Or you can walk through the
Numerous lesser considered possibilities.
But you cannot turn back to
The womb.
So walk, until you reach maturity
Or walk until you reclaim your life.
Walk to your destiny,
And life will come full circle.

9 comments:

Medhavi said...

yea.. i guess ONE day Life does come Full Circle. The two realities of life- birth and death- are nuthin but contradictionz. Isnt it strange how the most beautiful things in life spring out of a random, unconscious Choice?? ....

Tracy said...

yes. That itself maybe the beauty of our existence...the unknowing of future, the paradoxes, and sudden bursts of fulfilment.How truth lies in lies and ugly lies in beauty. it's a whirlwind of contradictions.

Div said...

I think what i wanted to say has aready been said in your 1st 2 comments...i could just add that one word that strikes me when i hear the word 'future' is...'enigma'!
Nice post

Medhavi said...

hey tracy...that reminds me of yr comment on my blog- there's pleasure in pain...rem? Thts a Beautiful Irony...

P>s- duno if u chkd, but regrdin John n his LadyLove..i said "Hum Kisi Se Kam Nahin" ;)

Tracy said...

DIVS: Yes Enigma is a more beautiful word (and sound) than future. But it's tempting and inhibiting at the same time.
Medhavi: Yeah, i guess i have been thinking a lot about contradictions...lol and oh not only 'hum kisise kam nahin', but also
'Hum Logo ki haye zamana'!!

± said...

insightful & nice post. v v nice.

Tracy said...

Harjee: Thanx a lot for stopping by and for the comment.

Cartographic said...

You are so right, decisions can be tough. I just made a really tough one and it did hurt someone. The thing is if you dont make decisions you cant move forward and if you do you might move backwards. Would'nt be nice if we could all know the future.

Tracy said...

yes it would be nice to know the future on some levels.. but also isnt the the very uncertainty of the future a kind of a thrill in everyday life?..oh there you go yet another contradiction.!!