(To whomsoever it may concern)
My World’s an ugly truth & your world’s a beautiful lie,
I knew I’d end up dejected no matter how hard I try!
How cruel and deceptive is reality, and how I assumed I was
smart;
The dreams that I built got locked stoically in my heart.
Yesterday, when the cuckoo sang an ode to your beauty,
Then paling in your presence, the reddest Roses writhed in
jealousy.
Me, a mundane creature lost in the travails of daily life,
How wrong for a mortal to gaze upon a Star so bright and
right, it’s ripe for strife!
But the pains that I endured and the smiles that I generated
Would pale as I failed to conquer the one heart that
mattered,
All the trysts we had and the hopes that I entertained,
Would all be shadows and dust in the fell clutch of feeling nothing.
But, Darling, consign all the melancholy and nostalgia to me,
As I look up to the heavens that are blessed with your
charming grace.
In the lonely days and longing nights that follow, I smile
and cry,
For the little things that mattered, the memories we made,
pleasures even Gods couldn’t deny!
Poem - Catharsis
Maheeth Veluvali,
16 Saladi Jamindar Street, Palakollu,.
Saturday - 15th of May, 2021.
