Stuck to my bed,
Stretched out for breath,
With a vision of death,
Anticipating the trip with dread.
My body seemed light,
Wild beams appeared from the thick night,
I gave my life the last fight,
But the strength I couldn’t ignite.
Soul out of the decaying,
Moving towards the calling,
By a mighty force pulling,
Into the after world as I journey.
Carrying you around
Heavily bounded to my shoulders
Like a rock tied to a fowl
Void of any tangible importance
I vowed not to let you go
Even though you weighed me down
‘Coz of your imperfection
That pierced through my heart
I began to grow weaker and weaker
Due to the heavy load I refused to part with
That had caused so many damages
To the whole of my body system
I resolved to let go at the end
Even though you never felt the pain
Like a freeman
You have invariably lived all your days
Now I understand the power of unforgivingness
It only hurts the offended
Now I feel like a freeman too
‘Coz I finally chose to forgive
Our love used to come like the dew
Fresh at every sunset without blemishes
Together we were so strong
And nothing could come in between us
We were labelled “perfect” by all
And everyone wished to be us
As we were envied by the young
So were we praised by the old
Our chain of love seemed unbreakable
Our pot never ran out of the sweet red love
We happily remained slaves together in a cage of love whose key was long missing
Until that very cursed day
When the key was found by the evil wind
Exposing us to the beast that resided in it
It approached us like a saint
With a venom of disunity and deceit on its lips
The very enemy we hid our precious love from all along
You kissed its lips and became infected
Drunk by the lies it fed you
We became a laughing stock
Our dignity and respect we lost
We were yet another lesson for people to learn from
A perfect example of failure and disappointment
You left me to drink from the cup of shame
To eat from the bowl of regret
To roam in a garment of disgrace
While you eloped with the evil bird
To live a new life of dishonor
P.Lord Shelf 