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Darkness (1 reply)

m_uzair_ans
2 years ago
m_uzair_ans 2 years ago

I lit a candle in the unending void,

It's glow searing the cold darkness;

Eyes wide, lips curled into a smile,

After long had I been this overjoyed.

 

Came a squall of wind and sand,

And the flame began to falter;

Worry creeping upon my face,

I shielded the blaze with my hand.

 

Rumbled and roared the mighty gust,

I tried my best to shelter the light;

But destiny sought something loathsome,

As the flame died of fate unjust.

 

Fear of the imminent growing larger,

I foolishly hoped for the impossible;

The darkness did return inevitably,

Only this time it appeared darker.

(Ig: @m_uzair_ans)

Susan Katz
2 years ago
Susan Katz 2 years ago

Thank you so much for submitting your poem for consideration for Featured Poem of the Month for December.  I very much like the way the mood builds in your poem and how you create a sense of "darkness" that takes us on a dramatic journey.  I also think you did a great job with your ending stanza - the "slant" rhyme at the end, works really well.  Good job.

Your friend in poetry,

Susan

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