What Was
Dried up grass shimmer in the sun
Like fossilized corpses with nowhere to run
The barren land stretches till my eyes can see
Eyes filled with visions of what is and what could be
I tumble down paths strewn with skeletons of yesterday
Where my life was bright like a warm Spring day
When I was happy and contented with love and its mysteries
Love that led to my joy's demise and resultant miseries
The hot winds blow tunes into my ears
Of loving words that filled my heart in my yesteryears
Songs I sang and words I wrote deifying love
Words that now seem meaningless, like wings on a dead dove
The winds also bring forth memories of words disloyal
To love, to how I felt, that resonate with betrayal
Which led to, from my heart, the crumbling of your cherished statue
Words that you said, which slowly pushed me away from you
In this wasteland, I wander with no destination in sight
Waiting for darkness to engulf me and rid me of life's light
Stumbling against expectations of emotions that love has
Searching for what I had, Searching for what was
Copyright © Manoj Kumar | Year Posted 2018
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