Before I Died
The light I saw so bright, the stage it glared,
I felt I’d melt away in my shadow.
I found me lost enwrapped in shine of show,
as loud clamor of strife in mind so blared.
I sought solace in calm hermit forest,
followed winding contours, I reached nowhere.
I flew scaling the sky as there you were,
a bird of folded wings restive in nest.
The sky dissolved the cloud of dark dismay,
the mind in flood I felt never so strong.
Anchored in your longing, I faced the tide,
inside the storm forlorn I saw me stray.
I wished if you remained, me lured for long
enthralled, in home of bliss before I died.
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April 19, 2023
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Contest : I Died
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