Ah Hiatus Hiatus; what a long time its been since I wrote, anything. I've been writing only for competitions of late. But I hope to soon get back to the real pleasure of writing. The activity itself :) but the order of the day are the impending semester exams! Everything else later. However, something that I wrote recently...
The doctor was lying in his chair on a slow day,
When in came his very first patient, and sat.
‘Good morning sir and what ails you?’ he asked away.
‘I have no reason to live doctor’ said the man to that.
Alarmed, the doctor leaned forward, brow creased.
‘What is the matter with you son?’ gently he said.
‘All the light in my life has long ago ceased.
‘There is perhaps better in store for me when dead.’
‘But what of family, and love, and earthly ties?’
Asked the doctor, unnerved by the man’s hollow gaze.
‘No one cares about me; there isn’t anyone who cries,
‘If I’m gone there will only be another to take my place.’
‘Isn’t there anyone with whom you’d like to grow old?’
Beseeched the doctor, trying to inject some reason.
‘The only one I loved laughs at me for what I do’ he told,
‘No one thinks of my sentiments when they’re having fun.’
‘This is a case of depression I say, and a solution is in town,
‘The Gemini circus is traveling and they are here with a show.’
‘Go watch a show; they are famous for their Pogo the Clown,
‘He will make you smile, you won’t feel as low anymore.’
The man smiled sadly and said, ‘If it is as you speak’,
‘Then I’m afraid my chances of survival are slim.
‘This heart-warming clown that you wish me to seek,
‘This Pogo the Clown, I’m afraid I am him!’
The doctor was lying in his chair on a slow day,
When in came his very first patient, and sat.
‘Good morning sir and what ails you?’ he asked away.
‘I have no reason to live doctor’ said the man to that.
Alarmed, the doctor leaned forward, brow creased.
‘What is the matter with you son?’ gently he said.
‘All the light in my life has long ago ceased.
‘There is perhaps better in store for me when dead.’
‘But what of family, and love, and earthly ties?’
Asked the doctor, unnerved by the man’s hollow gaze.
‘No one cares about me; there isn’t anyone who cries,
‘If I’m gone there will only be another to take my place.’
‘Isn’t there anyone with whom you’d like to grow old?’
Beseeched the doctor, trying to inject some reason.
‘The only one I loved laughs at me for what I do’ he told,
‘No one thinks of my sentiments when they’re having fun.’
‘This is a case of depression I say, and a solution is in town,
‘The Gemini circus is traveling and they are here with a show.’
‘Go watch a show; they are famous for their Pogo the Clown,
‘He will make you smile, you won’t feel as low anymore.’
The man smiled sadly and said, ‘If it is as you speak’,
‘Then I’m afraid my chances of survival are slim.
‘This heart-warming clown that you wish me to seek,
‘This Pogo the Clown, I’m afraid I am him!’
