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Madness doesn't need a reward


If hope be man's final destiny
then every tear his eyes have shed,
tells a tale of silent victory
greater than hope itself.

Is it his spirit? A madness perhaps
that his shattered self, his broken heart,
Recoils, rewinds and recollects
and colors itself as Art ?

~Proma


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GS said…
Is 'Hope' really a destiny? You can Hope that there is something called 'Destiny' when all else has failed.

I really dig how you equate a heart to a clockwork toy...once it is spent - you just rewind it and off it goes again...

lub dub...lub dub...

Cool stuff :)
August 20, 2007 at 9:51 PM
Proma said…
"Hope" is symbolic for tommorrow, a better tommorrow, optimism in general. i.e the belief that there is something better in store.

The poem says that man's "hope against hope", his spirit against all obstacles, his innate tendency for survival, is a madness (not classifiable and definitely not explainable by simple logic) is a gift which is greater than Hope itself.
Can also be interpreted simply as - Journey is greater than the final destination; means is greater than the reward.

thanks for reading!

August 21, 2007 3:38 AM
August 21, 2007 at 3:40 AM
Anonymous said…
In Croatia we have a saying: Who lives in hope, dies in shit. Just goes to show how optimistic we are! It would be great if you and Pratibha could come, you are very welcome anytime! Marijana
August 24, 2007 at 10:19 PM
GS said…
I never understood the phrase "Hope against Hope".

I'm very limited mentally :)
August 29, 2007 at 8:21 PM
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