That Night Poem by Valsa George
That Night
That night, in a strange place
I was like a fly
Circling around a street lamp
Reeling…Reeling!
I felt so alone
Fear wrenched my throat
Couldn’t predict
When I would be charred to death
I had heard,
In the cover of dark
Everyone was a robber
Or a cloaked assassin!
Without a roof over my head
I was like a mole
Smoked out of its hole
And exposed to blaring light
Had it been my own town
Where I knew
Every nook and cranny
Like the lines of my palm
I wouldn’t have minded
Being so helplessly stranded
Or left in the night
At a distance….
I saw the faint silhouette of hills
Like dreadful dinosaurs, crouching
Also the outlines of buildings
Reminding one of medieval haunted castles
Stray dogs, mangy
Were raiding the trash bins.
I don’t know why then
I enjoyed their company
I could hear the falling hooves
Of cattle, led to the slaughter house
And the lash of whips falling on them
Echoing the shrieking of a banshee!
Saw an auto lying upside down
Fallen unwary in a pothole
A line of tanker lorries
Seen halted by the road side
Like the bogies of a goods train
And their drivers gone home
To sleep with their mates
Behind the cover, I saw
Two figures leaning;
A man and a woman
Night owls at a mating serenade!
I closed my eyes,
Covering them with my palm
In that unearthly hour
An eerie fear gripped me
And how my mind longed
To slither out of that hole
To curl up in the warmth of my home
Far… far away!
Beautiful write on scary night, presented with wonderful delight......Loved it.
This feels like you are describing something that actually happened. Or a weaving of an experience with creativity. And the writing of it will release you from it.
The magnificent atom of reality in your wording as they come together in similar code, makes it more real that one can imagine. Most intriguing poem ma'am.
That night, in a strange place. A fly realizes this very interestingly. Reminding one of medieval haunted castles is amazing and this provokes thought. Two figures leaning as we are noticing.To curl up in the warmth of hope we again hope certainly. This is an excellent poem wisely penned and shared....10
In that unearthly hour An eerie fear gripped me And how my mind longed To slither out of that hole To curl up in the warmth of my home Far… far away! A beautiful impressive poem.................10
Wonderful elaboration of a scary night. Don't know whether an experience or imagery, but truth is - we live with all these unwanted happenings....... a nice penning
Like living in a dream and falling down to earth. A story told about living in a dark and dreary place. Thinking all about the horrible things that happens and wanting to be over with them. Don't despair things will get better and the light will come soon. Very good and imaginative.
Wonderful poem. Feeling of fear and eerie ness of strange place! A melodrama word by word! It's a pleasure to read your poems.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/19/2024 7:00:04 AM # 1.0.0.1119
a really nice poem..