Poetry - The Escape Route

Life's beautiful the way it is, Joy, grief, love or hate, It's better when left to fate, Rather cribbing about all our life, We fail to see the tunnel's ending light The slogging throughout, The joy of one's success, Like the pawn takes over the King of chess, Like the hard fought win of an army, That's the purpose of this journey, Love, blood, tears shed along the way, Walking towards a new dawn, Some fresh lessons learnt, some foregone, In search for someones gratitude, You can't comprehend life's magnitude With the sun setting everyday, Day's challenges met or failed, In the end, doesn't matter who prevailed, 'Cause every day's a new beginning, A new shot at us winning

As darkness seems to creep in, The distance between us seems thin, The illusions taking over our senses, There's no way we could mend these fences The devil makes us sin, Unlike any other of his disciple, Burning down under, maintaining his grin, As we regret our moments of chagrin As we dissolve within the symphony, Far away from any sympathy, Anticipating the day of epiphany, We're caught under our own imagery The echo of his snigger fills the sky, Rising out of the ashes, No answer to the question why, As everything around crashes No dwelling to head towards, As life plays over each verse, As Darkness whispers us the words, Theres no way out of this curse

The mind only wonders why? Why blue takes over the whole sky, Why grass seems greener on the other side, Why life goes through such erratic tides, Swinging through the highs & lows, How alongside the cold wind blows, The ambient mood of the beauty around, Fails to capture attention of the frowned She buried the love in the summer grave, Found another passion to crave, Yet time never ceases to move, One's left with nothing to disprove Wondering how the misplaced piece, Found its way back with caprice, To rekindle the joyous moments of Content, The wounds shall heal to an extent With no regret left behind, With no reason to remain blind, He walks ahead with his pride, A pinch of honour in every stride

Waking up to a lifeless night, Wandering about in the dark, Finds himself at unexplored height, Unaware of his inner spark It's just the weight of the world, He's carried along for far too long, Won't give up without a fight, Brought up that way all along Making his way through the lies, Weaving through the dense copse, Searching more than meets the eye, Oblivious to the clouded synapse, As frustration starts to creep in, None of the paths seem idoneous, He hides himself under the sinful skin, Burying himself into eternal loneliness

After walking down the empty road, Satisfied with his moment of solitude, Carrying around a thoughtful load, He's overcome his state of incertitude Been far away for far too long, High time for him to move along, From shades of grey, the blacks & whites, No longer scared of the gloomy nights, Been counting down the days since start, Repercussions of the heavy heart, Unaware are those not affected, Nightmare for those infected Blabbering like a clueless saint, Sane memories seem to disappear, The vivid details start getting faint, As death seems to draw near He opens his eyes to a destination unknown, Caught between the jaws of affection and anxiety, On the way, as a man, he's grown, Leaving behind his state of notoriety

All these colourful souls around, Still the one is nowhere to be found, Closes his eyes to the vision of love, Snaps out into reality, alone on the ground Shattered with the fact of life, Where it's easier to befriend a knife, Somehow finds the strength to stand up, But somewhere along the line, it's easier to give up Ill treated, Misjudged, pushed away along the path, Walking straight into the line of fire, Prepared to face even the devil's wrath, In return for his love's desire But with the future so bleak, Even God himself afraid to speak, He's left with nothing, but broken hope, His desire moved out of his scope With a heavy heart, he begins to walk away, Unwilling to leave, Unable to stay, Left with no option but to disappear, A Goodbye is all that's left to say

Empty lanes across the horizon, Eating up slowly just like poison, No direction to move upon, The sail set down as the wind's gone Crawling under the fake moon light, Fooled by the masks of trickery and lie, Defenceless  in his own fight, He's become their favourite fall guy The pool of prevarication spread around, Empty lies is all that's found, Seeded deep within everyone's soul, Its taken over complete control Counting down days to his parole, He's clutched harder by the shackles within, Leaving behind the half burnt soul, He takes the path of the Actual Sin

Unable to understand these feelings inside, Not being able to completely hide, The wind of incertitude flowing around, None of the answers seem to be found Walking past the graveyard of thoughts, Trying to pick out lost words, In this moment of poetic drought, Looking up to the freedom of birds With no limits beyond the sky, Where everything's too good a lie, He opens his eyes to the future beyond, Working towards a new dawn Hopeful of joyful times ahead, An end to these gloomy days, Throughout the journey the innocent bled, As the fiends always found their way Uncertain of what the future beholds, Yet eager to work his way through, Like the sunflower, his vision unfolds, As the clouds of poetic drought bid adie u

Gazing outside my window pane, Gathering life from within the stars, To ease upon this dark pain, During these difficult night hours Really thought you were the one, But it was over before it begun, It's so hard to walk away, But I know, I cannot stay There's nothing ahead that I can see, Except the darkness that fills my eyes, Like waves never leave the sea, I fooled myself with similar lies Existence of love in our lives, Brings us together like beehives, But the day it's shattered into pieces, Anger & Grief is what it releases Complications always keep increasing, Unless we keep our head straight, Opportunities seem to be ceasing, And All we do is Blame Our Fate

Going through the phase of life, Where pain seized the moment, Less dangerous seemed the knife, To cut through the heart like a rodent The hurt, the agony, the anger together, Makes up for one lost soul, Crying, whining, shouting or whether, Just living the nights darker than coal You say it's just a phase, It'll fade out over time, But it's not that easy a maze, To finish as partners in crime Broken heart, broken trust, No hope for new beginning, Moving ahead, if one must, In search for life's new meaning With hope for it to fade away, To meet the smile on your face, But it never seems to find its way, The smile's lost all its grace!