Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Playthings

Gods are playthings
Of helpless women
And powerful men.
Pretty little dolls
Fed, dressed and put to sleep
And prodded awake
In the middle of the night
For money,fame and name.
Some chide, some fear
Some claim they love
And kill brothers with hands
Joined moments ago in prayer.
Gods here are
excuses to kill.
Dumb idols stare on
As red stains paint them black.

15 comments:

... said...

My name is Deya which means Clouds.
I have an extremely stupid nickname.
:)

Anoo. said...

Very very apt piece for such troubled times. Least we can do is to ask people to embrace spirituality instead of blind faiths, or exploiting their faiths. I love the image of Gods being reduced to toys, broken, mended, fed, pampered or ignored at the slightest turn of fancy.

:)

You write about such a variety of scattered topics without resorting to any tried means that it seems amazing!

Anonymous said...

So true. I agree with every sentence....

Say hi to chiku..

Anonymous said...

nice poem....

kyamaloom said...

Quite liked ur poem, very true :)

And you've got a nice blog here, would love to come back for more :)

Happy writing :D

Jadis said...

Amazing. Short. Amazing. Simple. Amazing. Hitting.
Brilliantly written...
The world needs a few of these. Seriously.
:-)

CheshireCat said...

really liked the poem....
"Gods are playthings
Of helpless women
And powerful men"

funny wasn't it supposed to be the other way round?

Sreetama said...

Very beautiful & apt. Ya, I really think that God is helpless in the hands of men & not the otherway round!

Anonymous said...

profound...i wish something could be done to resolve the situation tho

(and your pet makes a lotta noise)

Sam said...

wonderful... so true in fact!! gods are now merely an excuse to commit heinous acts of genocide and other barbaric acts... to eb remembered only wen u need dem... a downright pathetic scene!!

★●Shadow Stalker●★ said...

We have given God the high position & we succumb to Him, right? So, its actually all our doings, many believe God, many don't, many think God is helpless before humans, the others disagree retaliating that He is the Almighty & He is everything.

-Sam.

★●Shadow Stalker●★ said...

And, Chiku's so cute, I'll find a partner for him/her (I dunno his gender).

You should try giving him/her a warm clothing, it's cold.

-Sam.

darkling said...

so trueeee!

The Mad Girl said...

@clouds- oh no! I think Deya's a beautiful name.

@anurima-thankeee.

@lover-sure. hey chiku the lover says Hi to u.

@Ashu-thanks Ashu.:)

@rohit.Thank you very much.:)

@Jadis-hehe.thanks. sohini on a mission to save the world then!

@Soliloquist-thanks.In classical times that was what it was like.But if you ask me, I wouldn't kie that either.I wouldn't approve the existence of a hierarchy of power when it comes to religion and faith.

@sree- hmmm.:)thanks.

@Inihos-:).yeah chiku does make a lot of noise!:(

@sam-exactly so.a downright pathetic scene indeed.

@shadow stalker-:)
oh no! I dont want another chick on my blog.this one makes enuf noise to drive my visitors insane.and don't worry. he has his coat of feathers.

@darkling- thenku.:)

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little boxes said...

i think this is one of your best!