Shackles
Shackles
Shakil Ahmed
I am tired and exhausted with the burden of futile life
Loosing the spontaneous rhythm and jest of queer life
Every moment I am tumbling down into the sleepy terrain
Out of fear I close my eyes and try to relax for a while
My body aches painfully traversing the distances
Like a shameless, I try to reconcile with my fragile life
Thorns of life adhered to my feeble feet
I bear the venomous pain with a smiling face
When drops of blood trickle from glaring wound
I just step down to weave a mirage of fallacy
I perceive an invisible splendour strengthening my tortured mind
I hold my pen to indite a poem of sheer defeat
Painting with exotic colours of stress and worry
No one knows my pain, feels the burden of grief and sorrow
Slowly I lose myself into the realm of melancholic verses
And I accept my shocking debacle like a defeated soldier
I long for a divine voice in my real dreams
Million uncanny dreams float in the sky of distant horizon
Leaving lessons of life in a jargon replete with poetic beauty
Renewing myself like drops of dew dancing on the edge of grass
It is like a lesson of self- discovery from the bottom of a darkened pit
It is like an ultimate detour from the world of broken dreams
I am destined to fall like a flickering firefly
Only to know that I am bound by secret shackles.
About this poem
This is a poem based on real life experience. It is a big challenge for the humanity to face the challenges that try to shatter our life.
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Written on October 11, 2022
Submitted by shakil40730 on November 20, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,343 |
Words | 254 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
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