~Soliloquy~

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Its penance,
Of a selfish self.
Life or Death,
Which is more painful?

Its arduous,
The bonds.
Can it survive,
Without breaking you?

Its over,
The epoch.
The remnants -
Would it remain; like ash afloat in a river?

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~By the creek~

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By the boiling creek
I stood with pearls on my cheek
It was dark
Like a sleeping nook

A creek gull yelled,
In the east sky, where wind swelled
The sky was moonless
Like an angry Goddess

The stars were asleep
With no yearn for another peep
Can you hear that song,
Flowing by the shore along?
On the citadels it echoes
And spreading like a breeze pathos

O flowing glee,
Let me walk to thee
To embrace thy depths
Surrendering whole my breath..
..my whole panting breath!

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~The Sleepless bard~

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Like an angel lost her wings
There's a poet lingering,
In the meadows of a farther land
Searching for his lost sleep
Asking the night-sky,
Begging the stars,
Lying on the bare grass
Talking to the clouds
Night after night, the sleepless bard

Like the brooding clouds
There's a poet wandering,
On the grassy lands
Where the night-mist sleeps
Listening to the ripples;
Flowing by the feet
Smiling at the crescent;
Shining on the mount
Night after night, the sleepless bard

Like the shadows perching
On the boughs of trees
There's a poet lying
Staring at the sky
The banyan above him;
Sleeping like a shivering wind
Shadows raining on him,
Like the fluttering leaves
Night after night, the sleepless bard

Like the spreading wine,
There's poet crawling
Wailing like a wind;
Smiling like a floret
Waving to the void
Talking to the breeze
Screaming to the heights
Night after night, the sleepless bard

Like the wilted leaves,
In a starry night,
After silent laments,
Of nights after nights,
The poet slept,
The poet slept.. under the banyan.!
And beside him, lay -
The scattered pages..
And an inkless pen!!
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