Thursday, May 22, 2008

A wasted life

Drops of water come pouring down

My pain, I feel, makes the clouds weep

Helplessness slowly grows within

As I watch my life before me seep

The gloomy rain slowly falls outside

Even the ticking of the clock signals defeat

The day slowly draws near, I know

When my maker and I must finally meet

I dread not the physical suffering

The usual prelude to death

What I fear most is what would happen

After I’m deserted by my last breath

For I have lived a very long while

Yet in this time have accomplished naught

And there shall soon come a day

When my name, shall cease to evoke a thought

But within me I know, now is too late to lament

It’s only a matter of time before I’m gone

Then my remains will be buried 6 feet under

People will just say a prayer and move on

-Kartik Shastry

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