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One with the Shadows

Writer's picture: Lala RukhLala Rukh

By: Iman Waqas


Like a disgraced fallen angel

Charcoal wings enveloped him

As the shadows crowned him one of their own

With no one to pull him back

Each day he drifted further away


His heart sealed in the pandora box

Was unknown to the world

The artist who painted away his fears

His muse remained unascertained

No one had ever solved the mystery

Of the boy in the shadows


Was he born from light and chose darkness?

Or was he meant for the empty black hole

Resentment his decided fate

Did he choose to hide his stories?

Or did the world not take a chance on him


Was he a lion with a lamb’s heart?

Refusing to gamble for a chance at love

Or was he burned by love in the past

Cause only a heart that’s been hurt before

Is afraid of being broken again


The fire in his eyes begged to be stroked

When all the lamps dulled one by one

He needed the reassurance of a child

For someone’s warm words to be his security blanket

Cause he had been abandoned

When he was just learning to crawl


Was he a dark prince with a golden heart?

Misunderstood in the old tales

Or was he a demon being visualized an angel

To understand the puzzle that was his mind

His torment providing justification to his crimes


Mistreated, misapprehended and misconstrued

Always the villain, never the hero

Slandered by all, healed by none

Yet the day he strayed from the light

And embraced that cruel wickedness for himself

He sealed the wrong ending of his story



(Photo from here.)


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