[Poetry] Beneath The Forlorn Sky

A poem about life's misfortune

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I slowly walk down the strand

I gaze at how each wave hits the slumbered sand

It seems as furious as what I've been

My heart, in utmost pain, seems pressed and pinned.

Every step I take leaves a transient trace

My footprints in waves are swiftly effaced.

A sign of my misery and hapless gain

I seem to be clasped in life's choking chains.

My detestation grows deeper and deeper

My dreams are starting to shatter

I am trapped amidst a trenchant snare

These life trials I can no longer fare.

I'd rather be blind; this I'd rather long

Or lost my hearing to a griefful song.

I will no longer feel the utmost ruth

And rather be deft to a painful truth.

The strength that I needed is beyond my reach

A life of fortune? An eternal beseech

Where will this torrent drift me by?

Will I still suffer until the day I die?

On this thorny path, will I forever trod?

In life's misfortune, will I continuously plod?

Beneath these forlorn, forsaken skies

Does hope await? What future lies?

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