I never shied away from talent,
When people did what I could not
I always welcomed such a challenge
And through that I progressed and learnt
Yet now it fans the flame of silence
When others shine, I sulk away
I’m paralysed in awkward shyness
I was excited. Now I’m afraid.
Afraid that poemless and rhymless
The emptiness will eat me whole
My Muse, your everlasting absence
Brings to the knees my tortured soul.