Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~Proverb
Being a Pro Blogger is fun, challenges you to be creative everyday 🙂 I have written Haiku and Senryu for a while now and the thought of a full length poem appealed to me, so today I bring you a poem which has more than seventeen syllables 🙂
Futile Attempt
I try not to think of you in the mornings
Makes my days seem bare and bereft
Your absence makes for a dismal sunrise
I stop myself from thinking of you at night
Sleep deserts me otherwise
In between the day and night
There is no room for anything but
The mindless, endless, numbing humdrum
Of trying to survive without you around
Memory creeps in edgewise, slowly
Slips through the tiny crevice in my heart
The crimson memories mock my delusions
Color my pale insides with their harsh reality
What I’d thought was love
Was a trick played by my mind
On my unsuspecting heart
It had deceived my soul
You and I were never meant to be
I had too much love to give
And you had only stubborn pride
Go your rigid way, Let me go mine
It was hell while it lasted
And I’m still paying the price.
By Sulekha Rawat
I am a Pro Blogger .
It is a beautiful pain that I suffer with it, everyday ( Personal) yet is so lyrical and a reminder, that let your mind be open to meet other people. Keept it up. Lovely
A pain that we all suffer in one form or the other for our loved ones… Beautiful
Oh, it’s just beautiful!!! 🙂 Write more, Sulekha!! “What I’d thought was love
Was a trick played by my mind”….. Wowww..
That’s very well expressed, Sulekha. Enjoyed the poem that speaks of the pain in love. Love as sweet tyranny is an apt description. And that picture of the tree is mesmerising!