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Before I Am Dead

waking up drenched in sweat
realizing it’s nothing but a nightmare
I get up to drink a glass of water
to drown the fear that woke me up!

sins I have done plenty
I do not know if the good I did is enough
to grant me a passage to heaven
or worse, born again as human;

never cared for what people thought,
never worried about those who left,
never a minute I spent crying over split milk,
what had to happen, had to happen!

what I was yesterday is what I am today,
yet people think I have changed, I wonder why!
I take life as it comes
no expectations and no demands!

with the guillotine waiting at every step,
uncertainty looms large over tomorrow,
I fear I need to live every moment
of today before I am dead!

by Praveen
for more by Praveen you can go to http://www.poetryoflife.com/

A State of Mind

i have come a long way
to a distant place far far away
from where i used to live
and from what i used to do;
Life is a rosy dream,
happiness and joy aplenty,
everything that i wanted and
everything is as i had hoped for;
Everything is as i had hoped for,
everything is as i had longed for,
everything is except for the turmoil
that plagues me inside every day;
I sleep, i smile, i laugh, i play, i eat and i live
in a constant state of fear,
a fear that i did not ask for,
and one that i did not longed for;
killing me from inside,
silently screaming for it to stop,
i am devoured by my own inner self,
day in and day out;
haunting and taunting me,
time and time again,
they run helter and skelter
in the deep recess of my mind;
it’s just a state of mind,
i tell myself
hoping to erase these thoughts
of fear that hinges on the edge of my happiness;
Trapped inside my own mind,
eclipsed by my fear,
tears weep without a choice
hoping to vanquish (flood) this struggle within;
 by: Praveen for more go to http://www.poetryoflife.com/

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