Victor Buhagiar Poet Free verse

A Passage To Nowhere

A life without end in sight!  Fed up, I hibernate.
A sleep like the dead, until I wake,
I yawn, nod, doze and wake again.
Yet I feel lethargic and tired.

Why wake into full aesthetic consciousness?
Why should I not grab forty more winks?
I wish my vitality infiltrates my essential existence,
but the going is truly tough.

It's like crossing the black Styx
wading across a bottomless ford,
as if I have been condemned to Hades.
I tremble into awareness, search for reconciliation
sacrifice a peace offering to my merciful Lord.

Can I find redemption? Should I plead insanity, 
mental disorder or lunatic madness?
Maybe 'tis what I should have done,
instead I wake, work hard, test my tired arteries, 
hear the creak of arthritic bones,
do gratifying things, like every workman should: 
until I sleep the repose of the just.

3 December 2020
An SO contest


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Mark Koplin December 12, 2020 at 6:29 AM Well done Victor! Congratulations on your win!!

Joseph May December 11, 2020 at 5:30 PM We have hope in redemption, Congrats on your win Victor

Anne-Lise Andresen December 11, 2020 at 2:58 AM - Congratulations on your win, Victor :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Silent One December 10, 2020 at 9:18 AM I can feel your anguish in your words, sometimes life is a struggle... Congratulations on your placement in the contest..

Andrea Dietrich December 8, 2020 at 1:58 PM It's sad that so many probably feel this way. The curse of those who labor hard. my hubbie only 65 and feels this way so much! Good one I missed down here.

Eve Roper December 8, 2020 at 9:38 AM Those of use that are by ourselves I think feel the same. Good luck

Alexis Y. December 6, 2020 at 11:57 PM Hi Victor, What a sad yet well-written piece. It was an in-depth cathartic poem on how you feel each day.The latter portion of this piece sums up your expressions very well. Best wishes in the contest my friend:-)Alexis

Anitha Jayasankar December 6, 2020 at 7:24 AM This is such a sad poem so beautifully penned Victor. Especially, I loved these lines.. "I tremble into awareness, search for reconciliation.. sacrifice a peace offering to my merciful Lord'. And you have given such an apt title 'A Passage to Nowhere'. God bless. ~ Ani

Paghunda Zahid December 5, 2020 at 8:22 PM I can feel you mate. Beautifully written.

Evelyn Judy Buehler December 4, 2020 at 9:25 PM Very sad and beautifully imagined. Good luck in the contest. :)

Angela Crabtree December 4, 2020 at 5:19 PM A long road we all travel, my dear friend. Your words bring much awareness. Tomorrow will be much better. Wishing you a good night :)

Tom Cunningham December 4, 2020 at 7:53 AM Advancing years certainly slow us down Victor, but we plod on just doing the best we can. Good luck in the contest and enjoy your weekend. Tom

Darlene De Beaulieu December 4, 2020 at 7:43 AM Hello Victor, it is a sad poem. I like to know what brought this on. It is such sadness I can feel in you. Enjoy your day my friend. Darlene De Beaulieu December 4, 2020 at 10:06 AM Hello Victor, yes you got it right. This will be good for the contest. I hope you win. Enjoy your day my friend. Victor Buhagiar December 4, 2020 at 7:58 AM It is for the contest on catharsis, I hope I got it right! Otherwise it's fiction. ~~

Anne-Lise Andresen December 4, 2020 at 6:12 AM - When the air has gone out of the balloon ... it is there ... but it no longer floats ... a deep and sad poem, Victor - Would like to send "fresh air to the balloon" :) - Have a lovely weekend, my friend :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Kim Rodrigues December 4, 2020 at 6:00 AM All the angst. God bless your soul! <3

Vijay Pandit December 4, 2020 at 5:54 AM I am certain there was release of trapped emotions after you finished writing this poem. You speak for many who are aging and share the same feelings. Creatively done, as always, Victor.

Besma Riabi Dziri December 3, 2020 at 11:25 PM A blessing from God that we really ignore where we are heading to.. Though we have an idea and a great faith in God's grace and mercy, we never cease to ponder on our very existence and our usefulness in Life! Blessed we are we know not the season that will mark an end! We are confined to the laws of Nature and human nature.. we feel the weight of years stepping one by one into our bodies.. how could our souls, our hearts, our minds perceive such a state?! "A Passage To Nowhere" an inner turmoil every human soul relates to! Victor, you have genuinely.. beautifully and profoundly with shades of pain unleashed your inner thoughts and sentiments.. so wonderful and heartfelt! A rendition worthy of honour.. My deepest regards and blessings. Victor Buhagiar December 4, 2020 at 12:46 AM Blessings for your kind heart. Thanks for the poetic comment. ~~