For a Presence in the Darkness of This Night.

I stumbled and fell
There seemed to be a light ahead
But I could not see clearly
I tried to rise but slipped instead
And fell. There was pain
And the darkness of it matched
The darkness all around me.
I had felt a presence
Some time ago
Which coaxed me to get up and move on
Oh! Wish it had stayed!
But I can’t feel [...]

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I Guess.

Waiting.
Haunting strains of a maulvi
Chanting from a minaret far;
The sun is about to shear
The silent light of a faraway star.
I wait for morning
And the stroke of destiny,
To see what verdict
It metes out for me.
There is this sullen fear,
Fettered in my veins,
And each stroke of time
Tears at its restrains.
These seconds fall,
One by one,
Those chains break,
One by [...]

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Blood Red.

Rose petals in my mind,
Blood red, blood red,
I search but can’t find
My heart that fled.
The smell divinely sweet,
Assailed and said,
Your heart and you can ne’er meet,
It’s dead, it’s dead.

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