“Ahem! My name is Doldrums
The mighty perdurable king of kings
*King to the realm of despair
Loneliness is my lovely queen*
*So far we’re blessed with three kids
Our first born was christened heartache*
*The second born retrospections
And the last born nostalgia*
*We dwell in a beauteous wonderland
A world with beauteous flowers
Flowers that all bloom no more*
*A world with amazing rivers
Rivers that all ceased to flow*
*A world with emerald forests
Forests where birds never chirp*
*A world blessed with plenty of streams
Streams that all dried up*
*A world with eye popping mountains
Mountains that all crumbled to dust*
*A world blessed with soft rains
Rain that rains no more*
*A world with beautiful starry lit deserts
Deserts where you’ll find not a single oasis*
*A world with beauteous emerald islands
Islands all marred with despair hence desolate*
*A world blessed with myriads of stars
Effulgent stars that all ceased scintillating*
*A world blessed with beautiful seas
Seas where you’ll find not a single fish*
*A world enveloped with glamorous clouds
Dark clouds of hate scudding
Athwart our wild blue yonder
Hence it never dawns*
Jun 17, 2016
Jun 17, 2016 at 3:20 PM UTC
“Ahem! My name is Doldrums
The mighty perdurable king of kings
*King to the realm of despair
Loneliness is my lovely queen*
*So far we’re blessed with three kids
Our first born was christened heartache*
*The second born retrospections
And the last born nostalgia*
*We dwell in a beauteous wonderland
A world with beauteous flowers
Flowers that all bloom no more*
*A world with amazing rivers
Rivers that all ceased to flow*
*A world with emerald forests
Forests where birds never chirp*
*A world blessed with plenty of streams
Streams that all dried up*
*A world with eye popping mountains
Mountains that all crumbled to dust*
*A world blessed with soft rains
Rain that rains no more*
*A world with beautiful starry lit deserts
Deserts where you’ll find not a single oasis*
*A world with beauteous emerald islands
Islands all marred with despair hence desolate*
*A world blessed with myriads of stars
Effulgent stars that all ceased scintillating*
*A world blessed with beautiful seas
Seas where you’ll find not a single fish*
*A world enveloped with glamorous clouds
Dark clouds of hate scudding
Athwart our wild blue yonder
Hence it never dawns*
By Kikodinho Alexandros
17th June 2016
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