ATTENTION DEFICIT

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ATTENTION DEFICIT

Like stars flung carelessly on a nightly mural
a jigsaw puzzle
the handiwork of a blind man
Like arrows in the hands of army of limbless lepers
words of a drunkard heavy with booze
atomic particles without orbits to tread
a child without a name
caste without order
like wildfire to a forest
genesis without apocalypse
A strong beam of light
nonetheless a dark black hole
like the sun imploded on itself
and all life forms dead on creation
like being invincible and locked away in chains
like being a dumb Einstein
a fool at 40
a whiz at 10!!!
a slave on the ottoman
a king in the prison.

My mind is set on the arctic
yet racing on the route down south
my soul - 
one too many fireworks string along
winner in the dressing room
vanquished in the ring
young and restless
currents of endorphins and other super hormones
an endless maze of hedgehog

I am a valedictorian - 
a disservice to the nation in need
profile: 100 % imagination, 0 % knowledge
hard to ace the board exams
And my mind is an ice-cube
a solid particulate matter hardwired genius
bound a little too much to do anything of worth.

I'm haunted
by vapour-like demons disappearing in acts
marauder-spirits pillaging fertile fields of timeless invention.

I'm clueless
yet I know it
that my naivety is only the physical impression of a malady
the sickness of the mind
hypersensitivity - a depressive pothole
escaping through a tunnel of amnesia
the heap of garbage
presence of thoughts, incoherent ones
I'm a resident of an infinite parallel universe
I know but i don't know
I'm sure but can't say
maybe it's my mind playing tricks
a game on the roll
denying acceptance
my choice unsolicited
like or not,
active or passive
my side is chosen
my path determined
it is a treacherous road to success
marred by attention deficit.

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