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Then was the time When life of contentment enveloped The expanse of the serene sky Where the flight was friendly without fear As life flew like a free bird far and near. When delight was found in the present Relationships held hands all the way unreserved Strangers mingled with smile of no pretence Kept the dormant egos unexpressed. When life had the simplistic fluidity Flowing like the fragrant spring breeze Over the contented landscape of being Touched the ebullient edges of the fulfilling essence. When your tolerance showered empathy On my blazing mental framework You encased me within the petals of memory When I was gone from your garden of roses. When I could look through my transparent life See happiness bloom in the core of my soul As the flower of flawless bliss Adorning the bouquet of togetherness. Now is the time When life is desolately disjointed Things that matter don’t any more relate Journey is to meet the uncertain horizon Life is the name of living fear of the unknown. When loneliness takes the mind from today to tomorrow Relationships unhold hands even in sorrow In life the solo actors make their own stage Play the role till they reach the edge of isolation. When the impeded flow of time is verily viscous Sliding in the manipulated tortuous course Crushing at the fringe of impatient life Buried in the debris of splintered dreams. When compassion morphs into mirage In the desolate desert of the parched life When I’m gone you instantly erase My fading face from your contrived canvas. When I can’t look through my opaque life Can’t find the happiness sunk in the mire of misery Where my soul is a snapped thread In the worn out tapestry of human disharmony. ________________ Written : January 1, 2023 January 29, 2023 For Mark Toney's 2022 Poetry Marathon Mile 26 Contest
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