Her Warrior

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The dawn seemed darker,

Her heart cried louder,

The Birdsong was melancholy,

The other side of her bed was empty.

Her warrior had left

He walked away while she slept,

Dreaming happy dreams,

Leaving behind lingering memories.

Answering the call of his motherland,

His new bride he had left behind,

The waves would take him far,

To guard the shores afar.

She ran to the shore,

The waves clamored ashore,

Clad in his coat,

Her eyes seeking his boat.

The horizon was blank,

Her heart sank,

The waves confessed to her feet,

I will return him to you with his smile bright.

The wind murmured,

The swallows chorused,

Your warrior shall return,

On yet another morn.

Do not shed any tears,

They multiply your fears,

Wait for that dawn,

Never again will you be alone.

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You, my hurricane

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I entered that lane,

My heart humming a tune

I didn’t know the plan of fate,

No one told me it was insane.

You smiled, I was dazed,

You approached, nodding a greeting

Your sparkling eyes,

That weightless gaze,

Was it a whirlpool or a hurricane?

I twirled and whirled at your behest

Your warm voice swept me away,

Your fingers danced through my hair,

Your lips kissed away my fear.

And when I had lost myself in you,

You vanished leaving me,

my shattered soul and battered body.

While you had rushed past,

You crushed what was whole,

A heart that loved love.

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Loneliness

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Fate had laid her bare,

Her chase for wealth,

Ended in a chasm so huge,

She resisted the pull with all her strength.

Her sweaty palms held tight

The rope of hope with all her might.

Her wishes, her tears,

Added to the fears,

She let go at last and fell,

She fell too deep.

Darkness, it was darkness all around,

And loneliness,

 That devoured her body and soul.

Her distressed soul decided to call it quits,

Enough was enough.

It left her yearning and whining body,

In search of pleasant pastures,

And cheerful minds.

Her body, it pined alone,

Loneliness feasted on it bit by bit.

Her heart had ceased to beat,

The lips sang no more.

No more tales of tears or happy sojourns.

Her eyes, they refused to shut,

Stubbornly hoping to watch another morn.

Her hair, still raven black, joined the eyes

 in her wait for the morn,

A rogue wind blew the hair on her eyes

And closed it shut.

Her hair continued to rebel,

Fluttering in the breeze,

Swearing at time.

Till a roaring rain came in,

Burying it in a mudslide.

Only loneliness remained.

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Where are you?

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Where are you?

Do you remember me?

My flowers are wilting,

My hair is unkempt since long,

My eyes no longer yield any tears.

I was a dead log,

Life began with your arrival,

It ended when you left me for another.

Why did you make promises that you never intended to keep?

Why did you allow my dreams to bloom?

Sweet blossoms, they wither with every passing breeze.

The wind whispers tales about you,

Of another wilting rose,

About another dead log,

Of unkempt tresses,

About another pair of haunted eyes!

In those days of cheer,

I had chided the wind,

Called him a liar,

A jealous lover.

The time now tells me how blind I was!

But my stubborn heart still prays for a miracle,

For a day when all the whispers would die a shameful death,

When you will arrive again,

Like the long-awaited drop of rain.

New shoots, new leaves will surround me again,

I will wait for that dawn,

 Like a fool, I will await you.

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