An intense poem, on madness, by Mitali, exclusively for Different Truths.

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane ~ Marcus Aurelius

Madness
To you a paean mankind should sing
give you the place of a Queen

Condemned by life is
King Lear. Insanity borne of loss
forgets the life that links
Man to the Superman

forgets the inherent Divinity
that defines life outside
the little boxes of unhappiness
caused by manmade divides —

people marginalised —

Instead of seeing what they have,
they cry for what they have not

The Golden Deer that
led to Sita being kidnapped
remains trapped in phyletic minds
as the ultimate annihilating goal for all mankind

Lalon can but sing
of the madness that could, instead, echo
with Creative Dionysian notes …

Explore it, Embrace it, Love it
till it shatters boxes that confine.

The soul soars severing songs that restrain
with universal tunes uncovers a new terrain

Photo sourced by the poet

Feature Picture: Title:Mr Garrick in the Character of King LearAccession number:P 9059

Artist: James McArdell

After: Benjamin WilsonGallery: In Storage

Object type: Work on paper

Materials:Mezzotint and etching on paper

Date created:1761

Mitali Chakravarty

Mitali Chakravarty is a citizen of the world. She writes and edits with the hope of creating an equitable Earth that transcends artificial barriers created by manmade institutions. In that spirit, she runs an online journal called Borderless. She has been widely anthologised and published. Her life revolves as a mother and wife around her two sons and husband.