A Final Cry

By Imran Ahmed They Were Bound By Fate Before They Knew Words Two Silent Hearts Like Caged-Up Birds Eyes Would Meet Yet Lips Stayed Still Love Unspoken But Felt With Will He A Dreamer Lost In Pages She A Beauty Bright For Ages He Built His World To Make Her Proud She Was The Sun Behind His Cloud But Seasons Changed Her Heart Grew Cold She Left Behind The Dreams He Told Bloomed In Beauty Sought The Stars Left His Love With Unseen Scars She Walked Away In Silk And Gold Chose A Story Wealth Foretold He Stayed Behind With Books Undone A Love-Lost Shadow Facing None In His Room Where Echoes Sighed He Smiled By Day By Night He Cried His Beard Grew Long His Eyes Grew Dim The World Was Lost It Was Not Him She Flew Across The Endless Seas With Whispered Vows On Foreign Breeze He Sat Alone In Love’s Old Chains Drowning Deep In Silent Pains And When She Came The Years Had Passed But Love Had Held His First His Last He Met Her Gaze Through Hollow Sight A Shattered Soul A Fading Light A Broken Smile A Whispered Breath Then Love Collapsed Beneath His Death She Screamed She Wept The Sky Turned Pale A Final Cry A Love’s Lost Tale Beside His Body Her Sorrow Laid Her Hand In His Her Heartbeat Swayed.