Smitten by Grief

Sometimes I feel-

Darkness is surrounding me

I can’t feel anything other than pain,

You won’t be able to feel the pain,

Cause you are not losing grip.

I’m losing grip day by day,

I feel numb and my ears can hear –

But it can’t echo the voices

I feel silence is all that shouts.

The sound of moaning,

Re echoes in the air,

My tears have frozen,

My eyes can’t see the light,

My legs are trembling,

I’m losing grip of everything.

My pen is bleeding,

My face has lost its glory.

I can see faces laughing at me,

But I can do nothing,

To ease myself of the inflicted pain.

Footsteps stammering on the ground,

Curious eyes staring at me,

Faces hiding mystery-

Memories are revived

My thoughts are tearing me apart,

I lay like the pieces of a ripped sheet.

Sometimes you are floating in the air,

But you fly with a fear ,

The fear of sinking in the air,

Paralysis your body-

You feel hollow

You get lost in the crowd,

Failures taste bitter,

But what it makes you feel,

Leaves an everlasting mark.

– Kasis Shaw