My Fault – a poem by Oriza Martins


My Fault

I cast my net into the sea,
But, adrift in an ocean of illusions,
Everything – or nearly so – has gone wrong:
Loves, addictions, mistakes, decisions …

All I wanted, at the cry of youth,
Future dreams for the whole existence,
I let out – because of vanity or hastiness:
Folly was my tenacious companion …

And today, even amid the gales,
I try to achieve almost lost faith,
Picking up the pieces of my heart
in the lighthouse of hope:
A castaway I am in an unlived life…

by Oriza Martins – 2013


 

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