ECLIPSED

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 It was a selenilion day.

The sky was never so beautiful

My day and night companions

Came together at once!

 

“Happiest person he is”

Shouted the sun;

“Yet he cries a lot”

Mumbled the moon.

 

I was never the same

Round the clock,

It was during the night

I removed my facade.

 

Stood helplessly,

Gazing at the sky.

For the very first time

Saw the sky with both its eyes open.

 

Threw away my façade

Revealing my sunken eyes,

The sun shone brightly

With its mouth agape.

 

Stars being silent spectators

Peeped over the clouds;

I found solace in seeing

The calm face of the moon.

 

I could feel the entire

Universe staring at me,

All I miss is her soft hands

To hold me tight.

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