Turning of Fate
Sandhya Jagannathan Nair 1978 (Alleppey)
As on life's path I tread
I find thorns and flowers .
When life was filled with success
of praises, there were showers.
The wheels of fate turned on me
and my failures up it did throw.
In the darkness of life ,
one's true nature each one did show.
Shocked I was when I realised
my pillars of support whom I took to be, who trusted every word of mine
now had no faith in me.
Looking at those who brought tears to my eyes,
a feeling of hatred in my heart did spark. My world lay shattered at my feet,
no ray of hope I saw in the dark.
But just as the sun keeps moving,
so continues the cycle of life.
I know well how to help myself
in this period of strive.
About this poem
A simple poem regarding change in perception of people when you are in trouble.
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Submitted on July 24, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABXB CDED AXC XXX XEXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 663 |
Words | 150 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3, 4 |
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