Urmi Chakravorty Poet Free verse

Of Locked Loves and Dashed Dreams

OF LOST LOVES AND DASHED DREAMS

So many loves lost, choked, under the weight of words not spoken.
So many dreams dashed by the timely plunge not taken.
The seemly hour never arrives, neither does a second yearning,
only the feverish clock keeps ticking…hounding…reminding…

Faces turn hoary as the minutes slip by,
memories blur and fade, much like the mind’s canvas - 
smeared and splotched by the tint of tirade. 

I had fettered the wings of my youthful desire 
to my cupped palms so tight,
all that remained was a splintered heart and a bleary sight!

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Alison A Smith October 5, 2026 at 2:09 PM A poignant free-verse meditation on regret, this poem lets its broken rhythms and accumulating repetitions mirror the pressure of all that remains unsaid and undone. The imagery of ticking time, fading faces, and desire’s fettered wings gives the emotional loss a vivid physical weight, culminating in the striking final image of a heart splintered by its own desperate grip.