Forest of Lights
She stood with me in the sea of darkness until the lights came out; those shimmering orbs
Suddenly a forest of lights surrounded us; there were so many gleaming golden eyes
But even the lights did not compare to her fiery Kohl-lined eyes, as she bid goodbye
Her red sari fluttered in the wind as she sighed, her dark hair flew like a lost raven
I knew what awaited her; a lifetime of enclosed palace walls, and cold husbands
No more adventures, no mountain climbing or dancing, no waterfalls
And for me? A lifetime of stiff suitcases and ink-stamped papers
Of fluorescent-lit offices and disapproving fathers
Oh how I missed those moonlit nights in dark forests
Where even time froze, and gave us a taste of love
Those coloured skies, those love-drenched words
Now palace domes shone in the distance
As night suffocated us slowly
Held us in its black grip
We should have known
Should have seen
Our love was
Doomed
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