Speechless Sorrow.... Poem by Shagun Khera

Speechless Sorrow

In a deprecating tone of apology

Life whispered words of loss

Thoughts battled in his mind to find a place for themselves

His lips sealed with utter distraught

Shadowed his will to live

Forced his mind to die

Each feeling like a corpse within its grave

As he pondered on a never ending road of suicidal tendencies

Away from safe

His dignity counseled him to be silent

But the wrath within denied to be suppressed

He lay down on his bed, lost in what he did not know

Speechless sorrow


The irrevocable past and the uncertain future

The melancholy days weep in monotonous despair

The nights wail and howl disdain and distaste

As the pile of magnanimous indifference turns to meticulous hate

His window witnessed the changing colors of his fate

He used to throw a smile on those golden rays

His sad eyes now awake till late

The mocking echoes of his unforgiving past

The taste of betrayal in his head, that never seems to last

The tension of the struggling tears that plead for flood

His eyes deny crying the searing blood

The grief in his heart he just can not show

All that is left is

Speechless sorrow


Rendering his soul into the funeral of love

He surrenders his shadow to the voracious world

6 feet deep and 6 feet long

His body aching for an eternal rest

His dismayed heart tired of the thumping and throngs

His long awaken eyes wanting to kiss the skin of his face

He wants to bury his undying disgrace

Hands on his chest

A journey brought to an end

Silence before and silence again

Underneath the chaos that remained

He never reacted to those perennial no’s

All his life and even now he is left with

Speechless sorrow

Speechless sorrow