Tag: despair

Just One Goodbye

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Drenched in melancholic robes, I wander alone
Stormy skies refuse to open up
Silent shrieks tear me apart
Darkness gnaws at my mind
Dragging me into the alleys we walked together.

I’ve always advocated self-solace
I didn’t know it is so elusive
I can’t find even a streak of light
There is no way out of this cavern
That has swallowed me.

Hope flew away with you
Home is not warm anymore
A yawning stillness snaps at me
As I wait… wait for you
How could you leave me in this abyss?
This is not your way.

I look at the door
Wishing it could open one more time
I yearn for one more smile,
One more hug
I promise I’ll let you go
Just let me say goodbye.
© Balroop Singh

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The Fairy Who Couldn’t Fly

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Born in the lush green woods
She was the darling of elf hoods
Who loved to play pranks
And hovered around the banks
Where she grew.

Her beauty could dethrone
The king of kings who hone
A desire to possess a gemstone
An unbridled undertone
That mentors our passion.

Teary-eyed she looked around
Tried to hear the strange sound
Why she had been bound
To those weird wires in a mound
Where she lay trapped.

Wan and weary she thought
Of fairy grandmother who had taught
Never show your weakness if caught
Lie still with a secret draught
Of desires that disconcert.

Years of subjugation and crippled wings
Smothered her joy with nasty stings
Slayed her passion for warm springs
Erased her yearning for all the things
She lost the longing to spread her wings.
© Balroop Singh

 

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Is It Deluge Of Destiny Or Just Hatred?

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Deluge of destiny

I know grief is not individualistic
I know it pervades all around
I know it is self- healer
I know it unfolds the truth of transience.

I don’t want to wish it away
I want to let it penetrate my skin
Let the flames of its fire
Steel my bones, fortify my spirit.

I don’t want to hold the flood of tears
I know they will drown the ash
The hurt, the despair, the emptiness
I know, deeper love causes greater grief.

I want to return to love and laughter
I want to open my windows to the sky
The anguish, the loss buried inside
Will it ever let me do that?

Every morning I wake up with your thoughts
Hoping for the dawn that erases bias
Wishing to feel the silence of guns
Yearning for peaceful co-existence

I live with the hope of change
To heal the aggrieved hearts
My hands may be empty
But they can handle the deluge of destiny.

© Balroop Singh
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Each life is precious, each tear carries a deluge.

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