It’s Been A While

It’s been a while since I have heard

The trumpet of triumph, the clapping from herd.

It’s been a while, I have challenged the wind

If it can ever run faster than me.

It never used to be this way

I always used to make my way.

The way where I could easily swift

And also helped others to drift.

But it didn’t stayed that way for long.

The devil came and pierced his horn.

I tried to fight but couldn’t survive

And lost the battle after fighting for long.

And now I am hiding in my den

Which turns into a rut now and then.

I cannot walk, I cannot run

I can barely stand with crutches around.

And sometimes when I look at past

The ghost from there gives me a laugh.

He says to me, “One should never think,

If you are a fighter, you’ll always win.”

Cause things in real are not as in books.

This world is full of thieves and crooks.

They will steal, the moment you’ll turn,

Your soul and spirit, and will never return.

And then you’ll be left all on your own

To find a way back to your home.

By riding the ones who are

Still loving you, despite they are also wounded in the war.

You will wander, you will fall

And if you’ll ever reach back home,

You’ll find, 
Everyone has gone.

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© Vikas Singh and Surreal Aberrant