Destiny

New vistas, new horizons beckoned her

Thrilled at these prospects, she followed them

Dazzled by the city lights

Blind she became

A new way of life

Memories relegated temporarily

Old threads broken

She lost herself

On a high she was

More elevated she became

Inflated with her own ego

She moved ahead

Drunk she was

Drunker she became

Inebriation was blown up

By the agony of shame

A new resolve was taken

In the daylight of comprehension

But day is always followed by night

So was it now

Each dawn brought it

Each dusk weakened it

A tidal wave was emerging

It would have to break asunder

The wait is endless

It has fatigued her

Is this her destiny?

The question torments her

Accepting it as her fate

She has decided to live on

Yet conflicts keep arising within her

She suppresses them ineffectually

Her heart is like Medusa

Sprouting a thousand emotions at once

She slays one with the sword of reason

Doubt creeps in as the heart’s salve

A vicious cycle it is

She’s caught in it

Each day turning

The wheel of misfortune