February 17, 2010

The Perilous Climb

The tunnel was dark and long,
As it turned and twined and coiled.
The walls were spiked
And the floor all sticky.
The stench of dampness
Made me frail and dizzy.

In spells, strong gusts of wind
Billowed from the inside,
As if a Beast is snoring
At the tunnels far-side.
The climb was treacherous
And all the slime
Made it even more perilous.

At long last we conquered it,
It's peak, the ultimate goal;
Came through the tunnel
The tunnel that humans call -
The Nostrils!

10 comments:

Traveller said...

LOL...Does complete justice to your writing skills and your love for things that gross other people out. :P

AppuApe said...

@Traveller
May Justice Prevail....
Thankoo :)

Viraj said...

ye saala appu....mujhe jabardasti naak ke baal dikhana chahta hai.....kyun dekhun main naak ka baal........kya khaas baat hai naak ke baal mein............nai dekhna mujhe naak ka baal!!!!

Humbhi said...

the grievous explanation of life's most important tunnel......................

AppuApe said...

@Viraj
Mat dekho yaar tum... mana kar do!! :P

@Pintu
tum to rehne do tumhari tunnel to tedhi hai!!

Devesh said...

Haha . Its so surprising how exagerration (if I can call it that), makes us think of a million things man.
Wonderfully written actually. The second paragraph ... is the highpoint.

vidu said...

This is so you :p
Plays with one's imagination quite well...:)

AppuApe said...

@Devesh & vidu
the idea was to play around with words... just something that would strike as i dig my nose!! :P
Thanks a lot!!

THE REBEL!!! said...

Somethings that only Mr Banthia can do with words. This is one of them

AppuApe said...

@The rebel
your comments are greatly appreciated! Thanks again!! :)