No Pain Left...

Staring at the vast stretch of blank sky,

I found the same emptiness dwelling deep within me,

Not batting an eyelid as the ambers burnt incessantly,

Leaving behind smoke engulfing my soul,

The rain drenched me to the extent of rot,

And the sun parched me to the extent of lifelessness,

No breeze could caress my heart,

No rainbow could soothe my sight for there is no pain left either…

Amidst the cacophony of voices defining and defying me,

I chose obscurity as my companion for I fear being identified,

As the echoes from the past are still eloquent in my ears,

I chose to strangulate my opinions for I no longer wish to be heard,

Eternities passed by me as I longed for the solace of appreciation,

I chose to embrace the earth beneath for I no longer seek,

Celebration of ironies and hypocrisies triumphed over acceptance,

I chose defeat gleefully for there is no pain left either…

Crushed by expectations,

My hopes fluttered in the cage as my dreams battled for their existence and breathed their last,

My knees trembled as the ground of reality kept slipping away,

And the broken arms struggled to keep up the burden of charades,

Making my way through the corpses of relationships, odor suffocated me as the ghosts of formalities pinned me down,

The line of difference between compassion and pretense blurred,

As I lie cold in tatters with my heart charred, and there is no pain left.