Hope is a happy place
I don't have happy things to write today
I don't have anything I want to say
I don't have words to express this
Darkness merging into oceanic abyss
I don't have hate to consume me
I don't have enough love to let it be
I don't have passion to see this through
If only I could go back, start anew
Half formed regrets gnaw at the soul
Where there was my heart, there's a hole
If my wings weren't clipped I'd reach for the sky
I'd fly, fly, fly to you---in the blink of an eye
Instead I tightly pack away my dreams
My heart echoing my silent screams
A manufactured smile now plastered across my face
Empty eyes but hey it's okay--Hope is a happy place
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Beautiful and meaningful poem.š
ReplyDeleteThank you !
DeleteSo deep and meaningful...could resonate my hidden deep feelings...thank you for writing so well
ReplyDeleteThanks Shally!
DeleteNice poem on one of 'those' days!
ReplyDeleteThanks Indu! :)
DeleteHi Preeti,
ReplyDeleteLoved this poetical blog post today. Food for my soul literally. Needed some inspiration and mood to harp on a writing assignment...This is exactly what charmed me like a snake charmer's "Pungi"...I am at it now...Thanks a lot Preeti... !
Loved the way you enveloped all that was gloomy through out with just one single positive word 'Hope" to sum it up. It's beautiful and resonating.
Love, Alka.
hahaha..Had never heard the word 'pungi' before :) Am glad it inspired you, Alka! <3 Thank you!!
DeleteI am glad you heard it now. Pungi is local name of a musical instrument that the saperaa (snake charmer) plays. It's also called "Been" in hindi. It's predominantly used in our Bollywood where there are 'Nagin" song and dance.
DeleteI don't have words to enunciate
ReplyDeleteI don't have power reach upto
I don't have a persona to exhibit
I don't have eyes to fathom
The poem so deep touched me there
Your talent so vast thatI want more everytime
Your books so real but I'll be your true critic
Your heart so pure , you're beautiful inside out
Awwww...that's the nicest compliment ever. Thank you so very much Rakhi!
DeleteHappy you liked it
DeleteWow..
ReplyDeleteThat's so deep..
My fav line is 'I don't have enough love to let it be'
Thank you Resh!
DeleteLovely words to walk us through one of 'those' days
ReplyDeleteThank you Anjali! <3
DeleteI'd fly, fly, fly to you- in the blink of an Eye ❤️
ReplyDeleteWow!!
Thank you Buvana!
DeleteBeautiful poem ma’am that too after a long time
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