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One Dead Dusk



That was a beautiful evening



I could share my happiness with all,



Things seemed to be prettier



that moment when I halt…



 



A wave of thrills crisped me inside…



my soul lightened with craze!



Didn’t think I was going to learn of



The life of a bird in a cage…



 



My heart was brimming with fear of darkness



When I got things torn apart



But something came back again



there, maybe just to explore the dark.



 



My mind was filled with chunks



of doubts,



insecurities and disquiets,



though I made decisions to reach out and seek



the grinning truthfulness under the hides.



 



Imagination was the only assurance



at that moment,



and all that I had;



Still I was hoping for some better conclusions



and some reasons to be glad.



 



Finally, I stepped out



with fears and flame,



ready to encounter



whatever the future held in my name…



 



I got pulled into another world.



restraining, later then I realized…



It’s not even the territory I was scared of



but the staircase to my soul’s demise.



 



I saw the dark shadows



and unkind heathen trails,



my soul started running away from the moment



as my body couldn’t escape.



 



I stopped, I took a moment, I realized,



that I’ll never stop running from those shadows.



Nobody can see as they crawl under my skin;



The lonely soul, the hurling fear and my pure demise!



 



This poem is about the night I was groped and molested by a few drunk people where I was expecting nothing to harm me. I asked for help and there were other people around but nobody came up. I fought with all my strength and I managed to slip out because they were drunk otherwise my heart is scared to imagine what could have happened!

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