Song of Despair
If I could reveal just
One thing, it would
Be this:
Something precious was lost:
The void between money
And power and
That sparkling hour,
Where dreams were
Possible still:
But the black hole
Consumed it like locusts
Crawling up slowly
All over your body.
Between cars and consumption
And material gain,
Something precious was lost:
In this opaque, desperate silence
Which haunts ghosts and phantoms,
And dampens the spirit
Of high voltage lanterns,
Something precious was lost.
Something precious was lost
Between violence and peace,
Where the pretty breeze
Roamed and once called home,
Has been reduced to stone.
Something precious was lost
For the bees stopped
Humming their tune,
The birds stopped chirping,
The volcano fell silent,
And the oceans stopped churning,
And the earth stopped rumbling,
Wild fires were burning
And scorched the earth,
The clouds stopped crying
And people started dying,
Left and right,
You could feel the
Tremors shake you,
And heaven forsake you,
The earth gave way
To a new dawn.
Why, you could
Feel it in the air
And hence this
Song of despair.
BIO:
Dr. Archan Mehta has earned a PhD. in Management. Currently, he is a Consultant and Writer based in India. In his free time, Dr. Mehta likes to stroll in the outdoors and party with close friends. He is also fond of meditation. Please feel free to reach out to the poet at archanm@hotmail.com at your convenience.
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