Cultural Prompt
Painful Slavery To Freedom of Heart
“Change”

The all-consuming power of love The forced separation from beloved The incessant cry for the oneness The tears of blood flooding nonstop
How can I survive without you The COVID changed the whole scenario Powerless to meet, helpless to reach The hue and cry of not being with you
Staring at the empty stairs The hopeful heart yearns you to come Crashing every day like tidal waves Shattering on the rocky terrains
No way, no route to escape The drowning, the suffocating struggle No rescue aid came Every door forcefully shut on my face
The only way is to cease to exist To stop this excruciating pain I cried, I wept, I screamed, I died In your burning separation
Many times I agonizingly crumbled Your name on my lips with tearful eyes I gasped for some free air But you were nowhere to find
Slowly sinking in false bravery This love became slavery In the prison of my heart I don't wanna long to reside
Like a larva wriggling in its dark cocoon I strived to survive and be immune But the density, the heaviness of love’s jewel crown Gripped in its ego, it violently splashed me down
Gradually the invisible cloaks of ego perished Giving way to the blissful oneness The unconditional love shined The transformation, the change This metamorphosis melted my chains
I became free of those complex emotions of pain When I realized you are never separate Residing within me, my love I am always one with my beloved!
Thank You, Øivind H. Solheim, for the Blue Insights Cultural Prompts — September 2020 — “C H A N G E”.
