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Recurring

A yellow hue crept under my eyelids,
Formatting my sight, tuning my ears,
A repetition of blinks, before I stretch and sit,
Another arid day wishing to just disappear,

The blandness of the Day,
An agonising Eternity,
Unvarying in its sway,
Of a prosaic reality,

Retreating to the comforts of these walls,
I lay in the warmth of the darkness,
Sinking into my breaths as I fall,
Within a snap, I emerged again from the blankness,

No hopes or dreams,
Neither fears nor nightmares,
A nugatory existence is deemed,
A symmetrical consciousness declared.

There is nothing I yearn, none I desire,
Stagnant waters that extinguish every fire,
Formless and invisible, a Life too dire,
The World will never change even if I expire.


 Originally Published with Prachya Review in 2017.
Link: http://www.prachyareview.com/poem-by-fariq-yusoff/

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