Midnight ghosts
Rani Hirani 2004 (India)
Pancakes, honey and strawberries
a morning of sunshine, warmth and no worries.
You wore a little dress and bought
some white lilies.
Sat in the garden and read your favourite book.
Strolling through the city, eating your favourite food.
People watching and daydreaming about love as you write poetry.
But as the day ends you come back to reality.
Burying yourself in your bed solely
with your midnight ghosts.
They await your scattered soul
to give it a new scar,
to peel off the layers of courage
that you have gathered so far,
To gag your mouth and take away the peace,
You plead, weep and shiver.
And again you're a haunted museum,
longing to be understood.
About this poem
We try hard to fight our own demons but sometimes no matter how hard we push our limits, things don't seem to change and we feel stuck in that loop of trying hard and failing. Midnight ghosts is about such phases of life when you try to best to overcome your struggles but in the end you're still nowhere.
Submitted by ranihirani2004 on August 02, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 39 sec read
- 0 Views
Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABACDEEEFGHIHJKLM |
---|---|
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 674 |
Words | 131 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Translation
Find a translation for this poem in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Midnight ghosts" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 9 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/136286/midnight-ghosts>.
Discuss the poem Midnight ghosts with the community...
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In