Forsaken Fortress by Kheemchand Koli

In a far-off forsaken fortress

With crumbling walls and fading glory

Where time's tearing hands manifest

In withering ruins of royal place

A legend of forbidden love

There reverberates a mystery

Of invincible love in the walls of the fortress

As the sun's solemn journey

Comes to closure with a dreary gloom

And night with dulling shadows

Wraps the world in a balmy repose

The nocturnals with consonant carols

Fill the air with sanative serenity

The stray birds make celestial rounds

In heaven's vast alter

Seeming to be celebrating a sacred rite

There blooms, in the ruins , a rhapsody of immortal love

In two spirits of forbidden love

Once sundered by fate's forlorn pen

Or slain in conservative constraints

When moonlight with soft gleams

Pervades the decaying ruins

The two lovers come to life

Attired in heavenly costumes

In free and fearless realm of brooding silence

Athirst for love for eons

A damsel bedecked with opulent jewelry

And a wealth of long dark hair

Curling her dainty face in soft breeze

Her milky white skin glowing in the moonlight

And a prince with stout physique

With regal splendour gleaming his face

They both immerse in delectable embrace

They sing , dance and celebrate

Beyond time's shackles

Drinking deeply

From love's immortal cup

Their voice echoes through the walls of dimmed place

They meld with the mist clouding over the castle

As the night wraps off its blanket with dawning sun

Their song seamlessly seeps into forsaken fortress.

Kheemchand Koli is an emerging poet and writer. Professionally, he is a high school teacher from sindh, Pakistan. He embarked on literary journey in 2020. He has been an active member of multiple poetic platforms and his poetry has won several accolades on global poetry platforms. He loves writing on nature, beauty , love , spirituality, patriotism and social issues.