A Shade Darker Than Black Poem by Abhilaasha Singh

(Extracts from 'Black'- Pearl Jam)

I seem to enjoy solitude much more,
now than I did in the past.
I lay on my pillow, eyes wide open,
trying to make sense of what I saw in the dark.

You, with a look I didn't seem to recognize,
shattered my only ray of hope for the future.
Not saying a word, as expected from you,
but there was something in that look,
I knew, but couldn't decipher.

To ''turn my world to Black'' wasn't something,
That I needed to ask for.
You took along not just light,
but even colour.
Leaving me alone stuck with,
nothing but your memories.

And an otherwise perfect life,
but without you, devoid of meaning,
and over myself no power.

''I know that someday you will have a beautiful life,
be a star in someone else's sky.''
But I'd still be standing by the window pane,
wondering why you couldn't ever be mine.