THE MIRAGE

Hopeless and broken
I used to roam
In the vast expanses
Of some desert unknown.
Looking for hope
Looking for faith
Looking for someone
Who will carry me off.
I hoped against hope
I believed against belief
That somewhere someone,
Will make me halt.
Let me sit beside her,
And let me talk.
That somewhere someone,
Will make me halt,
In my destructive march,
Will uplift me
Will exalt me
Will unchain me
From these bonds
That I have made on my own.
I thought I had found you.
I thought you were the one.
The one,
Who will bring about my redemption.
For once, I had hope.
For once, I had faith.
For once, I believed
That miracles were real.
You brought me in.
You showed me the way.
You took me in your arms
Mending this broken heart o’ mine.
My journey was over,
That’s what I thought.
I had found an address,
That’s what I thought.
It seemed like
I had become whole.
It seemed like
I was finally free,
Free from the chains that bind me,
Free from the pains that plague me,
Free from the dreams that haunt me.
But then time rolled on,
And you moved on.
I was asleep,
And you were gone.
No trace, no warning,
And you just disappeared.
I searched and I searched,
I prayed and I prayed,
I screamed and I cried,
But of use, it was none.
Oft I wonder,
Were you even real,
Or just another mirage for this tired soul?
Just another flash in the pan?
Just another thing unreal?
I do not know,
And I think I may never.
For all I know,
Is that I am back to where I started from.
Still in chains
Still in pain
Hopeless and broken
I still roam,
In the vast expanses
Of this desert unknown. Ashwini Udgata First Published in 2016 on Wattpad
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