thick dark on the inside of the tunnel
encouraging the darkness to grow even darker
providing shelter to the ghosts
raising rodents and bats
the wetness on the sides and head above
dripping dark water cold like ice
giving shivers to me to walk inside
I had no choice, but to cross its length
my life was waiting on the other end
my feet were cold, my body was numb
took enormous courage to take my steps
seemed to me it was a journey eternal
I wished I hadn’t started it at all
I cursed myself, cursed my fate
pushing myself took a lot of effort
and then to my wonderment
my ordeal started to fade & hope prevailed
hazy light my eyes were seeing on the far end
my heart raced with joy and excitement
suddenly, I felt so closer to my destination
the tunnel was uncompromising, yet it gave me hope
it was pessimistic, yet it gave me courage
how it propelled me to win over its sins
determined me to travel through it to win
I stood outside in the shining sun
my life was ahead, waiting for my embrace
my heart compelled to look back once
to see through the darkest dark of the tunnel
I waved my hand, bowed my head in gratitude
thanked the tunnel to show me HOPE
it taught me a lesson, never to stop
keep on going to cross a thousand tunnels
for many more were bound to come my way
as I would travel through the journey of my life
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Yes that’s you a determined Rick like solid person showing lights to many with your visionary writings. Wow
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Many many thanks Parveen ji, you are so kind
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As a college student, it gives me hope.
Nice one!
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haha.. college students need hope.. i guess that’s the best time of one’s life..
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It is..
And it is not..
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I guess all stages of our lives are challenging.. grass seems to be greener on the other side..
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You’re right.
And when I m on the ‘other’ side, the ‘other’ side is greener!
☺☺
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hahaha… that’s life.. isn’t it
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It is
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Nice piece
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Hi since you write beautiful poetry, here is my message today:
We have 140 contributions to date, and I am trying again to rope in as many contributors to the Poets for Peace challenge (in place until this the end of August). The many voices in response to this have been fantastic, and I’d love you to add yours (again, if applicable) if you can. Feel free to use an existing piece of writing or a new one asking for peace and/or about the troubled times in which we live.
If you are interested, please leave your poem in the comments section of Neha’s blog and it will be added. https://forgottenmeadows.wordpress.com/2016/07/16/calling-all-poetscreative-minds-to-a-grand-collaboration-poets-for-peace/comment-page-5/#comment-19287
Thank you –
Your voice matters.
‘We are so grateful to be part of this community where poets and creative minds from around the world stand together uniting for PEACE! This collaboration is open till August 31st and we hope to see more of you join in!’
– Neha
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sure my dear.. i sent my entry earlier. i would love to send another one for sure.. thanks for the opportunity
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You’re welcome, and thank you.
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🙂
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