i feel tired and spent
just like a fangless serpent
wanting to attack
thwarted by its own frailty
a mind full of thoughts to convey
spirit disobeys

- Vijayalakshmi Harish
   24.09.2012

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removed.-pggx

Bologna. You write seventeen page poems all the time.

removed.--2917

removed.-z2

david-alexander-walker

yes, frustrating...love the line: like a fangless serpent wanting to attack

prabhu-iyer

Why - why do you want to attack at all ? :-

k-balachandran

frustration,
a snake sans essential ferocity..hits home