Love Poem: Forest of Lights
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Written by: Violet Sky

Forest of Lights

She stood with me in the sea of darkness until the lights came out; those shimmering orbs Suddenly a forest of lights surrounded us; there were so many gleaming golden eyes But even the lights did not compare to her fiery Kohl-lined eyes, as she bid goodbye Her red sari fluttered in the wind as she sighed, her dark hair flew like a lost raven I knew what awaited her; a lifetime of enclosed palace walls, and cold husbands No more adventures, no mountain climbing or dancing, no waterfalls And for me? A lifetime of stiff suitcases and ink-stamped papers Of fluorescent-lit offices and disapproving fathers Oh how I missed those moonlit nights in dark forests Where even time froze, and gave us a taste of love Those coloured skies, those love-drenched words Now palace domes shone in the distance As night suffocated us slowly Held us in its black grip We should have known Should have seen Our love was Doomed