Lost Forever

Ask the fingers holding
                                            an aloof pen.
                               Ask, where its passion has gone,
                                        ambition has fled.
                                     The fingers will be still.
                                               How...
                                    the empty eyes will look
                                        at the pale pages
                                 yoked with numbers in black...
                                               Then,
                                          just observe...
                              how a curve widens on the face
                             as they gaze out of the window...
                                     The far...the farthest!
                                         Fast, it dies out.
                      A swarm of feelings from the heart's cavern,
                                pick up their last daring flight,
                                           to die at last
                                             of thirst
                                             of love...
                               These eyes will never dream.
                               Words will never be welcome.
                           One day they will be dumb as stars,
                                       And grey as time.
                                   They'll give up the race,
                                      race to superiority.
                                    Cold the heart as ever,
                                  will sleep in a colder body.
                                 Frozen as dreams they were,
                                   will leave the turbid eyes.
                                           Will leave,
                                   for the worms to delight
                                 in a body so baked in plight!
                                           And Time?
                                    Will it mourn or joy?
                                    That it could not find
                             the fragrance of a budding mind
                                 before it too was damned.
                                          Lost forever
                                        in its quicksand...
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Petersen Potter Avatar
April 16, 2015 at 1:30 AM
Excellent pen Sulakshana! A very deep and profound piece,dear friend.A 7 from me! Wishing you a very lovely day!In his light!God bless you! :) D.
Bhattacharya Avatar
April 16, 2015 at 1:24 PM
Thanks dear Dorian! Great to dear from you. God bless you too my friend. :)
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