The Dark Corner

Every morning
I sit in the sunlight
not only to seek out Vitamin D,
but to appreciate its golden rays
that give a glow
and a new vigor to the leaves
and flowers of my plants…

I’m overwhelmed by their joy
but I notice that there are others,
who remain beyond the reach
of those lively rays…

I try to turn them
towards the sun’s rays,
but still some of them
remain in the dark,
as their stiff stems
leave no room to move…

In a corner of my heart too
I find the same darkness
that sometimes gives me
a sense of comfort too,
when it engulfs me
in its quivering arms…

I fondle my heart but I find
that despite positive affirmations
I make every morning,
the light still eludes that corner…

Is that corner
destined for darkness only?

I don’t know,
but now I’ve put down there
a pen full of green ink,
with the hope and belief
that one day
it will light up that corner too…

–Kaushal Kishore

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