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Left alone in a dreary mood, utterly broken With none to lean on and look for, She tethered her soul to sordid gloom, And chained her fancy, never letting soar Dull were the days and sore were the nights, Time slouched on in mechanical beats, Mind devoid of any buoyant thoughts, Senses shut to every cheery throb of life, She lay awake, staring at the ceiling above, Her eyes so lost in a fixed stare, Never a smile lighted her stony face, Nor a gleam of hope brightened up her brain. Inertia crept over from head to foot. She had long lost her zest for life, With life saps drained out like an empty well, She felt nothing but the heat of scorching drought. Nothing could move her grief laden soul, None could lift the weight off her back, Embers of fire sparked from the anvil of her heart, Heaves of sighs escaped from her parched mouth, She wriggled and writhed in unspeakable pain, Her spirits sank deeper into a slithery marsh, She saw around only a thick pall of gloom, Or was it a projection of her own self? Anguish gnawed her nerves and sinews, Flames of pain danced within her spine, She felt her head beginning to reel, And the heavy weight of lead all around her neck. She felt being pushed down to abysmal depths, And the octopus tightening its tentacles all around Who on earth will set me free? What on earth can lift me up? With thundering force the question shook her weary self. She sprang to her feet and broke loose her chains, She found she was but in self – exile, A captive entrapped within boundless space. She saw the door opening to infinite lengths, And the arched horizon looming larger than life, Unbroken, she spread her wings and propelled up, And darted through the clouds to distant shores (Own Story) Subject UNBROKEN ''U'' Contest, New Poems Only Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Constance La France
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