Every moment age is creeping up stealthily
but life, life is melting down
like a candle that is flickering around.
It incinerates, yet tries to smile
and keeps broiling, pretending to be alive
it flickers around restlessly
like a blaze of lightning flame
life is withering away, like a candle
that is melting down.
Life freezes and stiffens, if abandoned
it melts and spills, if kept burning
instead, every moment
death is shaping up slowly and quietly.
but life, life is melting down
like a candle flickering against the night.
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© Suman Pokhrel
Nov 2, 2025
Nov 2, 2025 at 9:31 AM UTC
Every moment age is creeping up stealthily
but life, life is melting down
like a candle that is flickering around.
It incinerates, yet tries to smile
and keeps broiling, pretending to be alive
it flickers around restlessly
like a blaze of lightning flame
life is withering away, like a candle
that is melting down.
Life freezes and stiffens, if abandoned
it melts and spills, if kept burning
instead, every moment
death is shaping up slowly and quietly.
but life, life is melting down
like a candle flickering against the night.
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© Suman Pokhrel
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