YEAR NINETEEN EIGHTYEIGHT
DECIDED MY FATE
AND SENT ME HERE TO
TWO THOUSAND SIX
WHICH PUT ME IN TO FIX
MY MIND WAS IN A MIX
THINKING ALL KIND OF TRICKS
TO OVERCOME THE FIX
THOUGHT OF USING A JINX
TO GET MYSELF A PAIR OF WINGS
TO FLY TO A PLACE
ALONG WITH THE PACE
AS FAST AS I COULD
AND I REALLY WOULD
NOT HAVE TURNED BACK
IF IT WERE NOT FOR YOU
IF IT WAS NOT FOR LOVE
WHICH HELD ME BACK
AND HERE I AM LIKE A SACK
STANDING TO DEVISE
THE PROBLEM THIS LARGE A SIZE
I FEEL ITS GROWN LKE A TUMOUR
INSIDE MY HEAD,
LIKE A WHIRLWIND
SWIRLING THROUGH MY BLOOD
CAUSING THE LOSS
OF GREAT SENSE OF HUMOUR
I KNOW PROBLEMS DO ARISE
SOMETIMES DUE TO TELLING LIES
BUT THIS PROBLEM OF MINE
HAS GROWN LIKE A SEA ,
AND IM DROWNING
NOT ABLE TO SEE
MY OWN KNEE.
I AM NOT JOKING,
WAS CHOKING
GASPING FOR BREATH
AND KNEW
MY FATE DECIDED MY DEATH.
---THE BARD
---SAMEER UDUPA
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