shadows

A crippling fear of what lies beyond
Prevalence in terror and knowledge
Yet, a complete lack of direction on the subsequent step
Unexpected, yet moulded in a surprising rigidity

Several, fall victim rather recurringly
I must speak my mind before it claims my soul
A herculean task, yet my duty as a human being
All attempts, bound to result in failure
Redefining “helplessness” to something unknown

A bead of sweat blurs the nib
An unusual shine to scrawled words on the paper
Words rendered illegible, yet a resounding growl
The cursive, stops mid-way, akin to a paralysed corpse

Strange, perhaps due to newfangled disposition
Or just a naivety to unconnected circumstances
I welcome the unpredictable, a strange balm
Yet, there’s something unsettling
Despite a near-needled narcissism
I must question this dissonance in opinion

Silly me, I seem to have dropped something
Perchance, a mere triviality; just the ramblings of a madman

~Lukshya