A journey into the mythic graveyard of memories, guilt, and dreams that refuse to die.
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Where is that sweet and sad place,
perhaps lost forever in both time and space,
upon the brazen earth and under the grey sky,
where elephants go to die?
Strength and might sometimes fail,
in the face of raging fire, rain and hail
Failure exhausts the strongest of souls,
when we repeatedly fail to achieve our goals
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Where is that dark and cold womb,
devoid of all life, it’s really a tomb,
when one fails each challenge and test,
where worries finally come to rest?
Worries, which were once peacefully silent,
but now extending their tentacles, cruel and violent
My worries are not making a submissive bow,
my worries are kicking and screaming now
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Where is that vast desolation of heart,
where the sun never shines as the clouds do not part,
where all of us are destined to be, the fools and the clever,
where dead love breathes its last and rests forever?
Memories, which were once pretty and colourful,
but now have haunting eyes, dull and dreadful
Memories are not compelling me to make a new vow,
my memories, are dead and only skeletons now
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Where is that unfathomably deep, black hole,
which silences all greed, and the dreams it once stole,
where regrets crawl and plead infernally,
where guilt is finally dead and is buried eternally?
Guilt, once a rare acquaintance and even a stranger,
it was a horse called Diablo, without a ranger
My guilt is watching me with a frowned brow,
my guilt is a monster, a menacing presence now
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I fear their accusations, their dead, hollow stare,
the evil was afar, yet somewhere close here
I loathe their presence and hold onto my spear,
the damnation was afar, yet somewhere so near
My anguish and my fear, I scream and I mumble,
my agony and my dread, I run and I stumble
I scream and I run, I make a final try,
to reach that place where elephants go to die
Shehryar khawar 