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Woe betide me Every day as I wake up I sniff the air around me Searching for some hope In these dark, difficult times However, like a fly Buzzing around the dinner table Hope hovers tantalisingly Inviting you to make a lunge Before eluding your reach At the eleventh hour Woe betide me My mood swings like the Sensex From happy to sad From sad to angry From angry to depressed From depressed to stressed Like a sine wave The graph marches on inexorably With no straight line in sight Woe betide me In all my thirty years I have been through a lot Depression, sorrow, grief Heartburn, jealousy, rage Frustration, stress, guilt One thing, however, is certain Anything set in stone Is less likely to tug at my heart strings Than something subtle and nebulous Uncertainty is the worst evil Like a cunning serpent It slithers around us silently Striking when we least expect Sinking its huge fangs Into our soft and supple skin As the poison courses its way Through our delicate bloodstream We are ****** into an abyss Deeper than the Pacific Ocean And from which there is no escape We can only pray in vain As it is only a matter of time Before our souls are ****** out Through our gaping mouths Open, in a silent scream of terror Of course, we could be wrong We may wake up tomorrow And realise it was just a nightmare Nevertheless, the damage has been done Things will never be the same again Woe betide me Marriage is a dream For every man and woman As it heralds a new life A whole new world Full of promise and hope Yes, there are hurdles along the way But none of them are insurmountable Now, however, crisis has stuck Being born autistic is hardly a blessing Since I am often bamboozled By people and social situations However, thanks to therapy I have ridden the storm And stayed afloat Over the last five years Now, however, I am faced With something totally out of my control Thus, all my old insecurities Largely dormant all these years Have broken through the dam Carefully built, through sheer willpower And flooded my mind, heart and soul At the speed of light Thus, I am back To a place where I was, five years ago Never did I think In all these years That I would return To the humble abode of Satan Alas, that's life for you Handing you the greatest shock When you least expect it Woe betide me!! Woe betide us all!!
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Mar 22, 2020
Mar 22, 2020 at 2:17 PM UTC
Woe betide me
Woe betide me Every day as I wake up I sniff the air around me Searching for some hope In these dark, difficult times However, like a fly Buzzing around the dinner table Hope hovers tantalisingly Inviting you to make a lunge Before eluding your reach At the eleventh hour Woe betide me My mood swings like the Sensex From happy to sad From sad to angry From angry to depressed From depressed to stressed Like a sine wave The graph marches on inexorably With no straight line in sight Woe betide me In all my thirty years I have been through a lot Depression, sorrow, grief Heartburn, jealousy, rage Frustration, stress, guilt One thing, however, is certain Anything set in stone Is less likely to tug at my heart strings Than something subtle and nebulous Uncertainty is the worst evil Like a cunning serpent It slithers around us silently Striking when we least expect Sinking its huge fangs Into our soft and supple skin As the poison courses its way Through our delicate bloodstream We are ****** into an abyss Deeper than the Pacific Ocean And from which there is no escape We can only pray in vain As it is only a matter of time Before our souls are ****** out Through our gaping mouths Open, in a silent scream of terror Of course, we could be wrong We may wake up tomorrow And realise it was just a nightmare Nevertheless, the damage has been done Things will never be the same again Woe betide me Marriage is a dream For every man and woman As it heralds a new life A whole new world Full of promise and hope Yes, there are hurdles along the way But none of them are insurmountable Now, however, crisis has stuck Being born autistic is hardly a blessing Since I am often bamboozled By people and social situations However, thanks to therapy I have ridden the storm And stayed afloat Over the last five years Now, however, I am faced With something totally out of my control Thus, all my old insecurities Largely dormant all these years Have broken through the dam Carefully built, through sheer willpower And flooded my mind, heart and soul At the speed of light Thus, I am back To a place where I was, five years ago Never did I think In all these years That I would return To the humble abode of Satan Alas, that's life for you Handing you the greatest shock When you least expect it Woe betide me!! Woe betide us all!!
This is my poem dedicated to our present times - the novel Corona virus. I have taken a bit of inspiration from Harry Potter and its author JK Rowling.
#depression#anxiety#stress#marriage#coronavirus#covid19#insecurity#uncertainty
Ashwinkumar1989
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36/M/Mumbai
Mar 22, 2020
Mar 22, 2020 at 2:17 PM UTC
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