Poetry by Sunaina Luthra

As realities of life

continue to spin their thread

every strand of truth

Impedes the path I long to tread

 

   In the tenebrous corners of my mind

    I wrestle with all my strength

                To escape the realities         

       Yet they absorb me

    In labyrinth of doubts

That I fail to unwind

 

Alone with my heart’s desires

The days have passed in haste

Bereft of longing, now I pause!

What is real, what is not?

 

Around this vicious realm

  I crave to abandon my raucous realities

    Worn by restlessness and hollow days

    I reason with them in all my capacity

 

    Am I supposed to bow and

      Surrender to your whim?

       Is acceptance the path

 I must now forge to move ahead?

  Your reply struck sharp and hard

 

The dreams, now at ripper’s edge

Grief now touches the void within

Failures cast a deep shadow

Love is now lost to sleep

Alas! My dear

These realities, now you must own!

 

Let ephemeral illusions lift

cherish the gift of wisdom

embrace the realities

 as they gently unfold

 

Bask in its sublimity

Surrender!

for the heart and mind

To finally reside in serenity!