Topic suggested by Ramki on Fri Jan 22 14:59:36 .
All times in EST +10:30 for IST.

I've been without you for few months now
Living my life,moving past you.

But here i stand at our door way
looking into the room you no longer live in.
Kisses,fightss,long talks,back massages,tears,laughter
surprises,betrayal,forgiveness,love,hate;
all of these come rushing over me at once.
Overwhelming me with their clarity and depth.
I can still hear your voice in my head,despite our lack of
communication.
Bits of conversations that we once had seep into my mind.
As the daypasses and innocent things trigger such rememberances
I no longer associate every song i hear to you,
this has to be a start of something...of moving on.

I guess this is where i start forming my own memories
as opposed to ours.
Life seems new now,especially myself.
I lost a sense of peace i once had.
Now i find myself not trusting others,
questioning myself.
It all ended so badly with us.
You made me question everything i was and i believed in
This time apart has served a purpose though
You thought i was less than nothing, probably still do
And for a time i wondered if you were right.
But I've looked hard at myself and found a kind,caring,loving,good
intentioned,sad,silly,fearful,yearning,cautious and gentle human being.
How can i be all of these and still be less than nothing?
NO.
You were wrong about me,I'm more that what you think im and what i thought i was.
Im more than that.
Im more than youll ever know
Im more than what you failed to know
Its time to shut the door to the part of my past where you live.
Its time to open new doors.....

Responses:

• From: JN (@ spider-tp042.proxy.aol.com) on: Fri Jan 22 15:10:47
  
  Ramki,
  The past few months were really good and bad and very true to life but I'm sure you'll find a happy scene behind the new doors.
  
  
• From: bb (@ schubert.crhc.uiuc.edu) on: Fri Jan 22 15:21:41
  
  ramki: a good effort, the only criticism i can find is that it is too verbose. may be because u haven't thought of it as a poem or a story. u needn't have put in full sentences..phrases are enough to convey what u want to say, leave many things unsaid, and creates interest in the reader.
  
  
• From: pae (@ globalb25.citicorp.com) on: Fri Jan 22 15:34:35
  
  Ramki, nice one. Where does this belong to, kadhai, kavithai ? you may classify this as, Kurunkavithaikadhai:)). As bb puts, leave certain things to the reader.
  
  
• From: rs (@ sungold3.uk.ibm.com) on: Sat Jan 23 12:22:35
  
  Ramki. Good One.
  
  
• From: bull (@ cache.mch.sni.de) on: Mon Jan 25 03:53:45
  
  Ramki, you can categorise what you have written as a blank verse poem! One can call it a dramatic monologue!
  
  
• From: Udhaya (@ 205.218.142.217) on: Wed Feb 10 20:03:06
  
  I guess this is where i start forming my own memories as opposed to ours.
  
  You thought i was less than nothing, probably still do
  And for a time i wondered if you were right.
  
  These lines are delightfully understated and have a good impact as a result. About the hybrid style, it qualifies as a short-short story or a prose poem. But you would have to be even more choosy with words were it a poem. And since you posted it in the Short Story thread, I'll take it as a story.
  
  
• From: babu (@ 198.153.135.231) on: Tue Feb 16 16:44:11
  
  Very beautiful, it was tender, poetic and soothing. Congrats and keep going.
  
  
• From: Vidhya (@ weight.bbn.com) on: Sat Jul 22 15:41:16
  
  Ramki: beautiful work ! vaazhthukkaL!
  
  
• From: revive (@ krdlfirewall.krdl.org.sg) on: Thu Jan 24 21:54:25
  
   
  
  
• From: Omapodi (@ 64-51-52-59.client.dsl.net) on: Mon Jan 28 12:02:12
  
  Ramki,
  
  I am new to this webboard, but have been reading a few of your works in this short time (Obviously you being one of the MV frequent to the forum could not miss your works).
  
  You have been writing about individual's phases in life and how they face it. This is a nice attempt and though it cannot be clasified as either a poem or story, ultimately what matters is as a writer, our ideas reach exactly the way we feel to the readers, which I guess you have succeeded in this attempt.
  
  Keep continuing your good work!!!
  
  Regards,
  Omapodi
  
  
• From: mamta (@ 24-90-64-2.nyc.rr.com) on: Thu Mar 28 13:18:24
  
  ur feelings do come across beautifully, & probably many a people can relate to it...........i guess at some point in their lives,when your self-esteem is a little hit.
  But i think you need to revisit ur stlye & flow especially if it is meant to be a poem.
  
  
• From: mamta (@ 24-90-64-2.nyc.rr.com) on: Thu Mar 28 13:20:37
  
  ur feelings do come across beautifully, & probably many a people can relate to it...........i guess at some point in ur life ,when your self-esteem is a little hit.
  But i think you need to revisit ur stlye & flow especially if it is meant to be a poem.
  
  
• From: A.ratchasi (@ 202.188.210.31) on: Mon May 13 01:50:22
  
  Nice
  
  
• From: Ramji (@ 205.177.170.141) on: Fri May 17 08:16:23
  
  Ramki:
  
  I just visited this thread.
  
  Call it prose or poem,the emotion is clearly palpable. Why dont you visit the English poetry workshop thread and share your efforts?
  
  
• From: Ramki (@ 1cust231.tnt4.cleveland3.oh.da.uu.net) on: Fri May 17 20:57:57
  
  Ramji thanks for the invite. I will definitely do so
  
  
• From: visu (@ 202.9.183.191) on: Sat May 18 08:04:58
  
  vera alla pakavendiyathudane azhumunchi.
  ava ippa engaeppadi irrukalo
  
  
• From: sesh (@ sgigate.sgi.com) on: Sun May 19 12:50:23
  
  The annecdote is an exercise in self-pity.
  
  Instead of trying to understand others and solve the problems in their bud, the base seems to be to throw blame on others.
  
  Selflessness creates, selfishness destroys!
  
  
• From: unmai_vilambi (@ gatekeeper.arborsoft.com) on: Wed May 22 17:59:23
  
  dunno how people appreciate such crap..
  ramki ellarukkum potti thallineengalaa?
  
  it is a like a last scene dialgue form a 'chick flick'..
  
  please try to improve or do something different..
  
  
• From: tamil heater (@ 1cust102.tnt1.bloomington.il.da.uu.net) on: Thu May 23 00:53:01
  
  Dei loosu unmai_vilambi. loosu pola pera change panni ella story comment adikade. it is too very obvious that u have written comments in the name of
  kathaiyaa_ithu &
  thooo_thooo
  
  It is too very obvious. so better find some other work.
  
  
• From: unmai_vilambi (@ gatekeeper.arborsoft.com) on: Thu May 23 17:52:57
  
  tamil heater...naan onnum en per theriya koodathunnu nennakkala..and i dont care..i commented on stories which i thought were 'PURE'crap...
  
  
• From: thoo_thoo (@ gatekeeper.arborsoft.com) on: Thu May 23 17:57:02
  
  i seee..now i know...so u r
  Bhargavi (@ cust102.tnt1.bloomington.il.da.uu.net)
  
  Athaan IVLO 10 SON..
  
  and I Saw u yourself posted appreciation notes for your own story 'Coming Home'...vera entha madayan paaraatuvaan..
  
  
• From: Chaitra (@ 12.240.64.227) on: Wed Jun 26 19:31:48
  
  Dear Ramki,
  
  If you are reading this, I really want to know something about the speaker first:
  
  Is it a "HE" or "SHE"
  
  My appreciation and perception would change accordingly. Do clarify.
  
  
• From: Jami Wilhelm-Dalton (@ cpe-024-033-066-078.cinci.rr.com) on: Thu Sep 16 18:21:11
  
  Beautiful. No other words could describe.
  
  
• From: Pavalamani Pragasam (@ 220.226.18.104) on: Thu Sep 16 22:28:38 EDT 2004
  
  
  Is it a "HE" or "SHE"
  
  A very pertinent question. But in either case this is a sensible outpouring.
  
  
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• From: shamal gore (@ dialpool-210-214-10-246.maa.sify.net) on: Mon Nov 22 12:02:15
  
  yes u made my heart speak through your poem in form of a story.in our lives it is so little that we miss and so much that we gain but we look back to see what we missed and forget to miss what we have gained.yes every person is right only the timing is wrong.I no longer associate every song i hear to you,
  this has to be a start of something...of moving on.
  
  this one has truely touched my heart.
  
  
• From: nisha (@ 203.115.9.114) on: Fri Dec 17 04:00:55 EST 2004
  
  yes
  
  
• From: carl (@ cache-rtc-ae05.proxy.aol.com) on: Sat Dec 25 02:10:44 EST 2004
  
  I'm going through a break up right now. Your poem seemed to touch on alot of what I'm going through. I wish I could say it helps but, if anything, it hurts a little more to read your poem. Perhaps, just perhaps, there is a small healing in this pain. I don't really know. And I wish I did.
  
  

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