Solitude Poem by Nosheen Irfan

Solitude

Rating: 5.0


These long, wearisome roads
Filled with life's asthmatic breath
These pavements, grey and forlorn
Stamped with hurried, work-bound feet
Their restless spirit repels the soul
And inwards I withdraw more
Let me languish in closed-eyed slumber
Don't awaken me, my dream will be broken
Let me wear the darkness of the night
Though the sky has changed its apparel


Nosheen Irfan © 2016
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Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: solitude
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Barry Middleton 12 April 2016

If one retreats too much from the tedium and burden of the world, one becomes a hermit - like me. Yet dreams are always superior to reality.

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Nosheen Irfan 12 April 2016

Though im not much of a hermit but mechanical routine of urban life puts me off sometimes.

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Valsa George 12 April 2016

Let me languish in closed-eyed slumber Don't awaken me, my dream will be broken A temporary respite from the harsh realities of life is essential for anyone. From the weary tumult of the world it is natural for us to seek a kind of escape ! I greatly appreciate your ability to put your thoughts precisely and succinctly using apt images! Top marks!

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Nosheen Irfan 13 April 2016

From a writer's point of view, solitude is necessary. Though of course not in excess. Thank you Valsa. You have deep insight and reach the soul of things. Truly appreciate your vision.

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Edmund Strolis 12 April 2016

I read the poem with ease over and over with the realization of the honesty that it conveyed. I imagined those shuffling work-bound feet and sullen drawn faces. Defeated and surrendering to their fate. Their only refuge the solitude of night, perhaps some silver pavement in dreams where hope and decency are a momentary relief from their lives. Thoreau said that most men lead lives of quite desperation......your poem is unfortunately all too real.

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Kesav Venkat Easwaran 12 March 2023

Great closing lines. Liked

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Dr Dillip K Swain 25 February 2022

Let me languish in closed-eyed slumber Don't awaken me, my dream will be broken Let me wear the darkness of the night......beautifully expressed! The beauty of solitude is so magnificently delineated in this captivating piece of poetry! Top score.

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Suresh Kumar Ek 04 September 2020

sleep dear sleep, collect dreams, make poems

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Edward Kofi Louis 21 April 2016

Grey and forlorn! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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M Asim Nehal 17 April 2016

Wonderful poem...10++++ Let me wear the darkness of the night Though the sky has changed its apparel

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Nosheen Irfan

Nosheen Irfan

Lahore, Pakistan
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