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Death by the Shore

Sharik Currimbhoy Ebrahim 1980 (New Delhi)

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I saw her standing by the shore
What she was holding was quite obscure

Looked hard, closely,
Couldn’t be sure…..

….. and suddenly the sea was Red
And I understood that she had fled

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Love is sometimes too painful to bear

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Written on January 11, 2005

Submitted by india_c on November 16, 2022

Modified by india_c on November 16, 2022

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Scheme XA XA BB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 190
Words 40
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2
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Sharik Currimbhoy Ebrahim

Sharik Currimbhoy Ebrahim is the great grandson of Sir Fazalbhoy Currimbhoy Ebrahim, Baronet, titled Merchant Prince of Bombay by King George V on his fathers side and Sir Asfar Ul-Mulk the Nawab of Hydrabad on his mothers. He ran his family cosmetics company for a decade before starting an investment bank. He has a degree in Literature and Economics from Columbia University and a specialisation in Constitutional Law from Harvard Law School more…

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