Life-a series
of endless variations
on same themes
in different intensities
  in constant contradiction-

the lacuna, the opaqueness
the lack of transparency
the mist and the haze
the veil and the obscurity

and even as we speak
something is missing- authenticity
is far flung- words are shrouded
in strange mystery

the poets how they write
of love in all their over-enchanted poetry
but experience does prove sadly
love can be such misery in reality!

Too far I've travelled
there's no turning back
over there my epiphany
lies-  it can't wait

the sun tortures and scorches
my face the winds they wildly smack
my feet are giving --of thirst I'm dying
but I can't drink my own sweat

yet there's no giving up
I've to stare at the face of fate
not an inch will I be reduced
by sheer will I must reach the desired gate

night falls and the road
is invisible - I'm blinded-
still a voice within me urges:
for victory your life is made

In reducing others
   you self-diminish
    let goodwill be
     your daily language

    we 're one in likeness
    faults we have,  each-
    to one another we should reach
    and together flourish

In response to a post:

..but you can always give yourself what the world can never--
this alone will grant you the courage and wisdom to move forward as you will have become your own torch-bearer

The no man's land
is not nowhere
but hidden
within oneself

the labyrinth
left alone
terra incognita
where no seed is sown

that wasteland
the owner can't claim
the dark cave that can't
be lit by the brightest  flame

time rushes on mindlessly
and will not arrested or tamed
the self shrinks and  dissolves
its life morphs into a sorrowful game

Time I'll allow
to live on its own
its twist and turn
but I'll find my way
on my terms -alone

in my choice
and freedom

I might fail
or fall
but will learn
and I know
too well
life is hard
to comprehend

yet I'll never yield
nor to despair bend
squarely at its face
(august and stern)
I'll fearlessly confront
up to the very end!

What others regard
as absurd
I don't reject-
it has some
hidden content
that I can extract
which others
do not detect -
haven't we heard
of the folly of the wise
who sometimes commit
stupid mistakes?

And thus
I'm open-minded
in slicing
the inside
of what others
hold as absurd
and lift the veil
hopefully
some meaning
to unearth.