To be, or not to be,
That is no longer the question;
The opposition is a juxtaposition
Where
Being is nothingness.
Ignoble inflictions of sufferings
On the urban stoic,
Engulfed in a death-like stupor
Too doped to take up arms
Against a sea of troubles.
Dilemma is a luxury.
Indecision an impossibility.
Our Hamlet has no choice.
Nobility is in stoic acceptance.
This seems to have a 24/7 news channel headlines quality about it,except that the “news” happens to be rendered in a poetic fashion.Dilemma,indecision,a sea of troubles,etc. could so easily be the sort of remarks “economics experts” are making about the Eurozone crisis or Occupy Wall Street.
Thank you Louis for your outstanding comment. I am overwhelmed.
p.s. may I post your comment on my wall in fb?
Please feel free at anytime to “post” away.As a professional propagandist for this project, I value the widest dissemination possible ,and you know from whom I’m borrowing this quotation,”If they’re not talking about you,they’re talking about someone else”
Madhumita- It is certainly one of your finest poem. Hauntingly poetic. The poem explores the tyrany, freedom, power and hypocrasy. A rewarding read.
Thanks Gopal for your appreciative comment.
Madhumita
I think that (asI see it) little has changed for the “Hamlet of today”.
The world is still a place of internal mental conflict for the young, a daily “on the one hand – on the other hand” sea of choices, all of which are (or can be) fatally wrong.
Perhaps the two lessons that the drama survives to teach us are that neither suicide nor war are ultimately good choices to make.
Howard
Thanks Howard for your astute comment on my poem. This is one of the reasons why I am forever fascinated by Shakespeare. He is timeless and forever modern. There is something definitely very rotten in the state of the global world. I see Hamlet as our child, the young generation, who is confused and in a dilemma finding himself in a sea of troubles, and has no power to make a choice. Thanks again. Madhumita