Soulful Scream

Tearing my soul asunder, a silent scream
A piteous one as in some dreadful dream,    
In a deep sleep but still very much aware,
Was it but another recurring nightmare?
And how so sad, painful and most unfair
No one in this world really seems to care.

With my battered spirit and heart on fire
like a wayfarer in a state dismally dire,
My lust kindled with an unchaste desire
like smitten moths for the flame aspire;
Only upon my deathbed it must expire 
where no one would bother to inquire.


~12/24/18
~For a Brian Strand contest

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018



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Date: 12/28/2018 9:01:00 PM
Abdul, great poem and very well written . Congratulations on your win! Happy New Year. Hugs Eve ~`*
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Date: 12/28/2018 10:47:00 AM
Excellent writing, Abdul. I like the way you describe "moths" to the fire as it suggests an unwitting means of pain. Congratulations on your win in Brian's contest! Best wishes, Carolyn
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Date: 12/28/2018 11:49:00 AM
Thanks Carolyn -- We are the "moths" and you guys the "fire"!
Date: 12/27/2018 7:45:00 AM
It seems your nightmare has turned into a dream with this poem taking first place in Brian's contest. Congratulations.
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