21 Jan 2010

Elsewhere

Posted by Oblivion in Poetry | 4:28pm


A flight, more aimless, never was
As hopeless nothing ever seemed
Stricken by endless pain
The bird had to fly, nonetheless

Lifeless, what else life is
When reduced to a pointless run
Gazed by the heartless grief
And clasped by faceless fetters

Flying here, yet not here
Heart and soul elsewhere
Heaven, this quite is not
Better is hell than this

Strangled tight by listless days
Cursed to a reckless fall
Tormented by sleepless nights
Sucked into a bog, depthless

A wordless quiet overwhelms
A flawless exit, happiness makes
And then, the colorless dusk
Fades into a moonless night

Flying here, yet not here
Heart and soul elsewhere
Heaven, this quite is not
Better is hell than this

Languid and sapless its wings
Deliverance, a useless pursuit
Wringed by anguish, ceaseless
As mirthless moments mock

Awaits the ruthless world 
To kill the fateless bird
As it is rendered helpless
By destiny most merciless

Flying here, yet not here
Heart and soul elsewhere
Heaven, this quite is not
Better is hell than this
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