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By the night

That falls, 

I feel caged

In the love

That seemed 

Like an abode. 

 

By the grace 

Of roses,

I let my heart

Cry for its

Freedom 

Since it is

Completely 

Destroyed 

By dawn. 

The selfless 

Outtake of

Passion

Brought 

A clutched 

Memoir 

To its 

Eternal

Deliverance

By sunrise. 

Leaving it to die,

By a torturous 

Emancipation. 

A catharsis 

Of verses

Peeled

From lyricism.

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Alshaad Kara is a Mauritian poet who writes from his heart. He won the 2023 “Zheng Nian Cup” Literary Award Third Prize. His latest poems were published in “The Social Rhyme”, “Spered Gouez”, “Caractère” and “Coin-Operated Press” and “Slamming Bricks Anthology 3rd Edition”.