dusk falls over the brooding lake...

so i decide everyday,i won't drink anymore

but as the dusk falls,some instinctive calls

i sit in my balcony overseeing the lake

turbulence all it shows,continuous waves

earlier it used to be my favourite spot

moon and its reflection on water

how every wave would try to wash it away

each wash would make it brighter

shimmering on water...

earlier these coconut and palm trees wave to me

at this very spot,as i sit right in front

waving them back, with a glass in my hand
sipping my best and reading in bed

Now i like sitting on the floor

staring in the dark void of that lake

memories haunt me every moment of night

glistening with ghosts of past, my days....

i broke the glass that day

now i have a bottle in my hand

now i dont read those books,

for this burning cigarette is my friend

my mind and thoughts are occupied

whenever i smile, something inside cries

its very painful,it hurts

i sometimes sleep on with open eyes

my lips and fingers hurt,for they get burnt

by the cigarette

i have some scars on my chest

some from the scraping, by burning, the rest...

i try to get up but i can't ,for i am drunk again

i didn't want to disturb the resting souls

so i switched off my phone some day

its been days since no one came to know

people say time heals everything,

what about bad times, why does it linger on for long..

been years, since eclipse happened.....

the shadow is still there, moon doesn't shine on me

the bats have started coming to this shore

the frogs and crickets have gone mute

everyone wishes to see tomorrow

for me this hope is so moot

Now,there is so much light in the night sky

darkness has descended into the hearts

eye piercing neon road light

has spoiled the fun of brooding in dark...

                                                                                          ~thefallenpoet

Prompt: i have this place in my house where it oversees a lake and i have spent a lot of my fun filled and gloomy evenings there.....so this write is a collage of all the intense thoughts that hover around at times....

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