The Forbidden Hope


Rolling down the window,

I see a graveyard of broken dreams.

The flaming bookshelf,

Combats manifold ice-cold desires. 

The tempestuous mind 

Murmurs the mutilated spectre,

“Rise! Rise! Rise!”

The love-sick heart mourns,

Congealed in senseless cold.

I quiver,

Burning in boiling sweat.

Do I dare?

Not yet dissolved in aflamed desire. 


Five summers have passed 

In joyless dimmed lonely rooms. 

The winds yet again lift the drowsy spirits 

Once tameless and swift! 

Ashes fly from an unextinguished hearth

The light mocks the dark,

To survive the joy unravished. 


Wake up to the world’s delight

Why shrink, my heart? 

Why despair over the departed?

Nothing walks with aimless feet. 

Let not pining visions dim

Rekindle forbidden hopes 

Complete the dance

The floor is waiting to be swept. 







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