Alankar(Decor) -165 Poem by Indira Renganathan

Was I Born With.....(Echo Sonnet)
The Echo Sonnet is:
lyrical.
a quatorzain made up 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
metric, iambic pentameter.
rhymed with a double refrain. A1bbA2 accA2 addA2 A1A2.
composed without pivot. Because of the double refrain, the poem seems to be revolving, ending where it started.

Was I Born With....

Was I born with a goalto win in mind
Like those gifted beings that race and goal
No, no child is ever born with a goal
Noron death can I seek one in darkblind

Birth to death this life runs in untold kind
Where and when it will end its role who knows
My goal- not this game of mystery-shows
Nor on death can I seek one in dark blind

Life and death- who the causer? asks my mind
Does my grey soulthat ceaseless tollforHim
For this birth I have no great goal to aim
Nor on death can I seek one in darkblind

Was I born with a goalto win in mind
Noron death can I seek one in darkblind