A Bizarre Loneliness Poem by shakil ahmed

A Bizarre Loneliness
(a poem by Shakil Ahmed)

When smothering noise and clamours abate,
When tired birds take nocturnal rest,
When torpid moon climbs in the sky,
A bizarre loneliness grips me
With its invisible fiery clutch
I feel like a man plunging deep into
Briny water of fathomless ocean.

A besotting darkness casts a spell
Edging from every where to every where
Sorrow rises from umbilical cord,
To brisk my razing heart,
I timidly implore to propitious Lord.

As the clumsy night marches forward,
Horrible shadows jab like stinging thorns
Clasping me like the arms of giant octopus.
Wounded words and fusty lies
Proceed like venomous hissing serpents
Raising their hoods to inject lethal bane.

Then from the cauldron of memory,
There comes a vision!
With a shimmering light, piercing the gloom of night
Holding my hand in celestial delight
And staring at my sobbing eyes,
Wrapping me with her flowery wings
Flys like an illusory cloud
Through the winding path of domain of galaxies
My insane love sparks myriad times
In cold chilling and devastating night.