Quarantine Day- Sorry, I’ve lost count..Grown into these four walls keeping me companyso close I don’t dare push asidetheir dusty floral drapeslet alone welcome the first hour of lightknocking on my rustic window.A good old friend of mine,he waits for a while and leavestaking my silent response to his heart..Time had frozen inside the loops…
Tag: poetry
Memory
Memory, No less than a living corpse, Whose fading breath Feeding death Within us, Without us. Blue and bliss all at once. ~Nila Lenin 🌸
You
The long lost poem I almost wrote, With a wistful longing, Too deep for words. ~Nila Lenin
Caged
Let me stretch my wings, before breaking chains and soaring high into the sky of dreams. Let me fly, for a golden cage is never a stage for the growing inner sage. ~Nila Lenin
Inconspicuous
I, an atom, Inconspicuous In your tiring eyes Bearing the whole charade. Yet, I hold A universe so wide Carefully inside Hoping that Someday, you will find A love-laden void For you to hide. ~Nila Lenin
Chained
Beneath the starry sky, Here she lies, The land chained By spittle of the raging sea. Like a slave, crestfallen, For escape is just a dream, Imprisoned in the impending doom. A patient wait, For the day, Her waist will be grabbed, And his thirst will be quenched. The day, He will take her in,…
Shadow
A shadow, you were, Following me everywhere. You came in the light, Breaking my lonely fright, And left in the dark, Effacing the only mark. Now, can you see, A part of me, More lonely than I used to be ? ~Nila
RAIN CLOUD
With careful gray strokes, She painted the wet sky, Whilst singing for him, A tear-stained rhapsody. ~Nila
TOMORROW
The mount of hope, unconquered by daydreams of young present. ~Nila
As You Grow Up
Darling, Someday, you will wake up, Leaving swings and kite strings; Learning lies and fake smiles, With a bunch of questions Clasping your young hand. Their raised eyebrows, Will search for a flaw, Rather than your glow. Behind stumbling words And mumbling walls, You will see them, Peeking at the one you plucked, Among scores…
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