Saturday, 1 November 2025

Poetry 2025 Longlist, Alshaad Mahomed Kara

Sanctuary of the Nights


Everyone has a story at 2.00 am

Bestowed in sorrow,

The silence sends a breeze

Which sweeps heaven

into a sea of desperation...


Unfortunately, the negation of life

Sets the tears and awakenings

Into a sunset of waves,


Where the breath of light

Keeps darkness at bay.


The music is enticed with longings,

By a lover's need to crave for hearts.


It is the dove which steals those nights

That explains the heartache beneath

The harmony in a memory and in memorial.


To look for answers is futile

When the discord is set ablaze

With sleepless minutes.


All these dreams detangle

In full derangement.


Everyone has a story at 2.00 am

In full secrecy, secretly flirting

With our own souls...


Unfortunately,

The music is enticed with longings,

By a lover's need to crave for hearts.

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