From 88fe637e36f4086726c6fe31b5961f0b46a77ac8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nishaChandramoorthy Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 15:09:46 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Added new post --- ...rotests-that-cause-no-revolutions.markdown | 2 +- .../2013-01-20-shadow-of-the-cloud.markdown | 42 +++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 source/_posts/2013-01-20-shadow-of-the-cloud.markdown diff --git a/source/_posts/2012-12-31-revolutionary-protests-that-cause-no-revolutions.markdown b/source/_posts/2012-12-31-revolutionary-protests-that-cause-no-revolutions.markdown index bbb8a5b..a95a062 100644 --- a/source/_posts/2012-12-31-revolutionary-protests-that-cause-no-revolutions.markdown +++ b/source/_posts/2012-12-31-revolutionary-protests-that-cause-no-revolutions.markdown @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: "Revolutionary Protests That Cause No Revolutions" date: 2012-12-31 11:38 comments: true categories: societal -published: false +published: true --- diff --git a/source/_posts/2013-01-20-shadow-of-the-cloud.markdown b/source/_posts/2013-01-20-shadow-of-the-cloud.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3e43bf2 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/_posts/2013-01-20-shadow-of-the-cloud.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "Shadows In The Cloud" +date: 2013-01-20 15:05 +comments: true +categories: literary +--- + +I was staring out the window, distracted from the unenviable task of dimensioning a long-forgotten machine. As I stared at a shadow moving along the ground (yes, that's how unenviable my task was), I noticed the shadows that had been previously hidden, being revealed by its motion. That's when I realized how most shadows stayed hidden and unnoticed within all the other shadows. + +And that's when my eternally crazy, philosophy-tinted mind made a rather far-fetched link to my own ignorance, and my ignorance of my own ignorance. The madman within me screamed at me to express the revelation. I quelled the insanity. +He ultimately won, though. + +A city of blissful mortals and mournful souls +Within weary walls, and the winter cold. +Under a gloomy sun behind a misty veil, +In an year of a single night and a single day. + +Voices of the unquenchable soul, unheard +In the peaceful silence of existence. +Captured and bound by earthly vows, +Driven to despair by an unseen foe. + +A musty past, scrolls of seekers lost +The only remnants of a fading quest. +As a forgotten god, a bottomless well, +Hollow and unfulfilled it shall be. + +Puppets dancing to self made strings, +Without a master, without a cause. +Echoes of music from beyond the veil +Resonate within their empty souls. + +Illusion of conviction, conjured +By the shadowy trickster of guile. +He who pulled the greatest trick of all +Lies shrouded in the shadow of the cloud. + +The future holds the answer, +To the unasked question, +Will lightning strike? +Or will nighttime fall?