Risk and Reluctance

Risk and Reluctance

Success, the colossal goal,

Takes time, extracts a heavy toll,

The one desire, that all seek,

Sans which, the future seems bleak.

Risk, the uncertain chance,

Takes guts, for one to advance,

The step, one must take,

The money, the time, all at stake.

Reluctance, the unwanted evil,

Stops us, the pointing needle,

The power, that holds us back,

The pain, the walls remain to crack.

Tough, it may seem sometime,

The insults, the risks, the paradigm,

Draw your path, march ahead,

Make the choices, you don't dread.

When Darkness Calls

When Darkness Calls

The curtains of darkness fell,

I stopped, I looked, I hid,

It slithered on me, the hell,

Shut myself under a lid. 

It was fear engulfing me,

I didn't know what to do,

Cast down on my knees,

Nothing left but to rue. 

This is the end,

I shall never be forgotten

My life is all spent,

Now I have fallen.

Death slowly inched through,

No one there, my head spinning,

Nothing to look up to,

Just the evils grinning. 

What did I do wrong?

I will never ever know,

Death has sung its song,

No one to see tomorrow.