Wednesday, December 11, 2024

A Ghazal

 A Ghazal


..


In heart's alleys, a singular halo of sadness remains 

In a little nook of mind, a lingering darkness remains


Forgotten shores, lapping and frothing waves, warmer banks of sands

Memory's broken figment, a shadowy lightness remains


I’ve been what I’ve been, a stranger and a wanderer even

Not her though, like steadfast angelic light, her kindness remains


Under the canopy of countless stars and a brighter moon

A doubt lurks, a question hums and hums, a lonesomeness remains


How we have walked along these uncertain and weary roads

And though the perils are forgotten, the awareness remains



..


Anant Dhavale


(I wrote this Ghazal in simple syllabic verse to match the cadence the genre requires..)


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