Licking My Wounds - Visitor's Poem

by Anjani S Bhat
(Kottayam, India)

I've had too much of it... too much of failures
prolonged melancholy...
life sapped out of my mind,
stumbling along...
with a shrivelled heart, frozen voice
and an unknown fear lurking in my shadow

I wished I could hear my voice,
a sweet surrender to my heart will mark my rebirth

It was already late enough... and the wind is wild...
all I know is that I've been deeply wounded, ruined...

But I've decided to mend my life...
'cause I'm tired of failures

You may go now...

and leave me all alone to travel the tunnels of reality...
and let me face it raw and real...