mind your words spellbound
shatter limiting beliefs
dreams tell soft stories
she is not usually wistful
this is one of those rare exceptions
she is allowing herself one regret
limiting herself to devoting only ten minutes
choosing to dwell on positives
Wings not broken
But ‘socially’ clipped
Blooming desires
Well and truly nipped
What remains?
Sheer flights of fancy
Dreams unlimited
Very removed
From reality
Want to preserve
Your energy
For that
One final burst
The open sky
Tempting enough
Giving you
That false confidence
‘I must’
You take off
Hit the blue roof
Tumble down
Roll over,
Gasp and die.
Limiting self
Limiting self in the bed, covering with blanket
I dismissed all program of that night
Business and busy became such itches
That those always ordered to keep tight, tight
Companion mind tried to understand, yes
But wisdom opened eyes, why should rest
Disturbing all case putting files in shelves
Tomorrow is uncertain in childhood taught
Get up early in the morning and run for present
Learning such piece of showcase moulding
In the corner of brain such deposits down deep
Ran whole youth life in spirit and vibrant
Now following idle ideology of mind
Put aside the easy and busy life of present
Case into the sheet of bed as weeds in stone
How far creepy thought crawled to ravage
Oof! One day's desire of lying rest in bed
Gives clinches with different millions
When eye closed and took sleep that night
God knows I cannot put long elaborate.
you say there are no limits
in this limitless contest
but scrolling down, look what I found
Instructions like the rest
Preparing Your Entry
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English Language
Poems should be in English. Poems translated from other languages are not eligible, unless you wrote both the original poem and the translation.
Why can't I illustrate it
using fancy fonts if need
not bothering to make this stuff
a simple easy read
Why can't I post three copies
or perhaps, even more
In languages I'm sure
I know you never heard before
and as for translating
Oh that would really blow
'Cause half the words I write
I don't even know
So next time, you post a contest
and you say it has no limits
please erase the rules
and I pledge to jump right in it
you got to know----I'm just Kidding
I look around
I only go shallow
A Four Walled room, with a ceiling, and a ground
Deep thinking brings sorrow
It all seems so simple
There was a time when so it seemed
When I was sung to… twinkle, twinkle
Now, I'm searching how to be redeemed
My Mind dwells and dwells
Searching for the balance between reason and desires
But I fear my mind has fell
Beyond reason, to a mind-torturing fire
I kept falling
Now to a completely different
Four walled room, with a ceiling, and a ground
I look around
But this time, I can't go shallow
To my left lies the universe, making no sound
Only pointing to the wall
Coded with answers
A language human-kind can barely understand, so vague
But I try to decipher them, trying to take
And control this knowledge
Here it says…
What is Religion?
What made the Universe?
What made man?
What made the atom, the proton, the electron?
And what made that…
But what about The Maker?
The language became too complicated
Suddenly, a glowing light from the wall hit me
Got me flat on the ground
Perplexed, I open my eyes
I look around
Back to the old
Four walled room, with a ceiling, and a ground
From now on
I only go shallow
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