Faults Poem by Rex Islam

It was a tremendous day, and I was enjoying the time;
Suddenly a gust of wind came and rang up the bell,
I had to lie to my dear ones for the call,
Left the bright peace in blindness and went to hell.

I came up in the midst of the path, and it was hazard;
And the devil forced me on to the manacles,
I wanted to break the chains and be free
But the force got stronger and it coiled me up.

The force was strong as a storm of Shelley’s west-winds
But not a blessing at all but an evil curse;
I was crouching and staring at the unfamiliar world
Which was old but fashioned in the new I find.

The world - which I experienced in the dark times
And swore to leave it behind and fled from it,
But I was assailed and become feeble to the force,
And the force revealed the faults of mine.

I was sitting and enjoying the lovers scene,
And that brought the sorrow of my spiritual poverty,
The huge and strong crisis crawling into my heart
Also aching with a numb joy so keen.

And I found the life sun in its midday run,
This soon would reach its blind west abbey,
It reminds me of the words that I swore to complete:
Now all is forgotten, sunk in lies and deep in sin.

And once again these reveal my damn faults.