An Addict's Dream

It was midnight hours as he laid, Listening to the clock which just struck twelve, Rolling over the dirty floor With ever intense pain, Bitten by the poisonous sting of darkness! Life had almost come to a standstill With loneliness unbound And his solitary soul cribbed, Searching for a different path To hastily turn around. Hopes and dreams had drowned into oblivion, Happiness, gleeful expressions departed As he sensed, himself gradually sinking Into the deadly venom of the dying earth. A dark shadow appeared nearby And he felt the devil moan and cry Aloud with the news of slow destruction Of eternal Love and deepest passion, The trampling of the saplings, The bloodshed and the anarchy And the advent of the end of this world! A small ray of light appeared from nowhere With the message of rising hope Amongst the tremors of deadly earthquake Devastating all around, Amidst the wild cries of hell's messengers, As he prayed in soft whispers, His quivering dry lips uttered The blissful chants, Longing for a new day of life… Copyright © 2012 Indranil Bhaduri