Trembling in my deluge
Of gloomy uncertainty,
I yearn for an oasis
Of blooming clarity!
If I stop and curse
This mental confusion,
I might get stuck
In a whirlpool of delusion!
Darkness is not the absence
Of blinding light.
Darkness is deficiency
Of fortitude, that inner knight!
As I pierce my way
Through that receding night,
My path becomes clear and
I finally unite with that eternal light!
©2020 Piyush Singh
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Beautiful
Thank you so much Haroon!
You’re welcome
Bir kafes ve özgürlük.
Çok güzel şiir.
(one cage and independence.. Very beautiful poetry) I really had to use translator to understand it my friend… Now I get it.. Thank you so much for your appreciation!
I love the third stanza, it inspires to look within and hope.
Thank you so much for your kind words!
Its amazing when we spend our time and mind to refine what is going on all the time 🙂 rather sublime. Stay present, stay safe, love your writing.
Thank you so much for your wonderful words friend!
Wonderful..
Thank you So much Murlikrish!
Great ending to the poem.
Suggestion–I would drop the word “stinking” to make that line more even in syllable length to the previous three.
I was also thinking the same… Thank you for your appreciation!
I try to make all of my rhyming lines the same syllable length, or be off by one syllable at most.
Yeah, actually I do it with my own instinct… Any valuable support from people like you is most welcomed….life is learning.. Thank you for this!
but that principle doesn’t apply to free verse poetry.
Yes… Sure!
This is wonderful! Your writing is inspiring.
Thank you so much for your kind words!
Yes: “I yearn for an oasis / Of blooming clarity!” We all do, I think. Truly great words.
Thank you so much Benjamin for your appreciation!
You’re welcome!
Loved the highlighted paragraph. Powerful.
Beautiful writing.
Thank you Kritika for your praise!
You are welcome 🙂