Love Song for a Vampire !

" Come into these arms again

and lay your body down....!

Rhythm of this trembling heart

is beating like a drum....

It beats for you!

It bleeds for you!

It knows not how it sounds...

For it is the drum of drums,

It is the song of songs..........

Once I had the rarest rose

that ever deigned to bloom...

Cruel winter chilled the bud

and stole my flower to soon...!!!

Oh! loneliness...

Oh! Hopelessness...

To search the ends of time !

For there is in all the world

no greater love than mine..............!!!

Let me be the only one

to keep you from the cold!

Now the floor of heaven's laid

the stars of brightest gold!

They shine for you!

They shine for you!

They burn for all to see !!!

Come into these arms again

and set this spirit free..........."

- Annie Lennox

This is perhaps the most beautiful song written for Count Dracula ! Naturally, it is also my mobile ringtone. I love the music. It has an air of sad mystery, desire and eternal love...just perfect! It seems as if someone has given words to my personal feelings for the Count...haha.

Last night I again saw him in my dreams and it was so real...I didn't want to wake up at all ! Then there was also this song and a lovely music. That's why I decided to post the song here. Though I hated the movie "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992)....but the story of Dracula and Elisabeta was quite appealing and I don't know why but it reminds me of myself....I know I sound crazy again but that's how it is..I'm totally in love with this man!!! I sometimes wonder if I was Elisabeta in some previous life lol !...It might just be a fantasy but comforts me at times when my mind gets flooded with a hell lot of unanswered questions.

I was writing a poem for him a few months back but couldn't complete it. I think my mood is just right to try completing it now. I hope it comes out well. I'll post it here soon.

Tonight I'm kind of missing him....want to sleep early so that I can dream and that would be a chance to see him again hahahaha....I must not continue writing anymore tonight lest I should be declared a lunatic lol.

Good Night all

D

P.S. : " There's always a princess...with gowns flowing white...A face! The river....The princess...she's the river...of heartbreak, deceit and sorrow....." -Elisabeta/Mina Harker(Bram Stoker's Dracula 1992)

Hi all...

Suddenly, my back is paining kind of badly tonight. May be because I didn't get a chance to sit comfortably....some urgent work in the bank, then a quick breakfast, a little shopping again, came home for a while and then went to the salon. After that, my friends came and I went with them ! Phew!...I had thought of starting a new canvas today but no more energy is left. Moreover, this pain is becoming too much to bear.

Anyways, coming to the point...we must all have heard about the famous Count from Transylvania....yes I'm talking about Dracula! This blog is dedicated to him! Not only because I'm a great fan of the novel but also because of the uncanny attraction I feel towards this character!

In India, the concept of vampires doesn't seem to be very clear. People often use the word 'Dracula' to mean 'vampire' and that really pisses me off...The most important fact that I want all Indians to know is that Dracula was the name of a Romanian nobleman! Yes, he was a vampire but the meaning of his name is nowhere close to the term.

Oh! I must clearly state that here, I will only be focussing on the character from Bram Stoker's book and little priority will be given to Vlad Tepes. Well, the latter was a Wallachian ruler and it is said that Stoker's Dracula was based on him. However, Tepes or Vlad the Impaler was a historical figure so we all are certain that he existed and I don't find the need or interest in writing about something which is known! There is no fun in it as such. I just want to focus on the man who still stands as a mystery to researchers.....

I don't want to portray as if I can uncover the "truths" but yes, I will surely try to express what I have observed and discovered through months of study! sounds crazy no??? Studying so sincerely about a weird topic..hehehe...but there's something about him which draws me in...

I can go on and on discussing about this but my schedule won't permit that. I'll be back with some interesting stuff soon...

Till then.. Au Revoir....

D

“Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as a great deal of mystery is always left in the revelation of character in life, even in one’s own character to himself.
” -Tennessee Williams

I, Deepanjana Ghoshal, am an aspiring artist doing my BFA from Jamia Millia Islamia. Painting is something that came to me naturally. Ever since I was a kid, I used to love drawing. We Bengalis have it in our blood..a love for art and music. So, I always got encouragement from my parents. Moreover, I was a pampered baby…the apple of my parents’ eyes! I always got what I wanted even before I asked for it !!! The most mysterious and funny thing about my human drawings was their faces…I made them triangular and Ma still calls them “shuorer mukh” (pig faces)…lol. I don’t draw such faces anymore now but every scrap of paper that I used for my hobby is safe…preserved in an old yellow folder by Baba.

The adjective “mysterious” has always been attached to my name by many of my friends and the reason is still unknown to me !….However, I’m planning to do justice to it by starting this blog!!! To be very honest, this blog is not going to be about me or art or music….I have decided to do something really different here…In fact, the very idea that made me start expressing myself on the internet is quite unusual.

This is a space that I’ve created for a strange man…God knows if he’s real or just fiction. People might laugh at me when I disclose his name…people will find me crazy, dreamy and immature! But once I start posting all the historical information that I’v collected, I hope you will be forced to think!!!

Let the suspense grow a bit…I will not write much tonight as I’m a little weary and I’m sure that in a fresh mood, I shall be able to do better.

Thanks for stopping by…

Love,

D