My spirit is crushed

My soul is tarnished

By hopes of a future

That gets destroyed

My vulnerability preys on me

A never-ending menace

Of torturous thoughts

And eyes scarred by time

As I endure

I believe

I succumb

To it again

In a new arena

Deluding myself

Embracing the faith of it being true

But alas,

I am naïve

For life does throw at you

Many a circumstance

In different forms

With undulating shadows

Reeking of your past

Testing you

To see whether you’ve changed

And the answer..

Every time is…

That you’ve failed.

~Ayesha Prasad~

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