Friday, 24 February 2023

Listen, It Happened

listen, it happened
didn't feel like you were hovering
above earth 
feeling so unlike an ordinary mortal? 
didn't you think it was the best thing 
ever?
but then you tumbled down
like an elephant atop a tree
as you nurse your hurt feelings, 
you wish you'd foreseen the crash
but you know, life has no navigation 

Listen, it happened 
when you find yourself in a destination 
not of your liking
isn't prudent to trace your steps back 
brave the underbrush 
make a way in unbeaten paths, 
brave hunger and thirst 
brace yourself to get lost in the 
makeshift jungle of regrets 
survive internal wars - 
monologues,
and finally, a solemn vow to oneself 
not to be gullible ever again 

listen, it happened, 
there is nothing you can do about it 
gazing at the ruins
long enough won't rebuild you 
stop, the ruins aren't even aesthetic 
it happened, brave the simple decision 
to walk away from your former self 
and be each other's eternal enemies 

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