I Sail,

Here,
Lil pecks
Cling on me,
Sorrow ‘s dust stays,
There somewhere, too near!
Hops off my rusty chair,
to newfound doors venturing-
new ways, but I fondly dust them~
Off my weathered shoes: and walk again.
“Here, lil pecks cling on me, Sorrow ‘s dust stays,”

~Kunjal Gupta

This is a poem which has been penned for the W3 Prompt #78 where the poets were asked to pen a Dectina Refrain expressing some emotion. I wanted to write about those moments of life when we feel sad, or we perform bad, or we simply mess up. While they are not defining, I personally feel that my failures and my mistakes and mess ups are a very important part of me. For if I had not experienced them or have them even now, I would have been unable to experience the cheesiness and the vibrancy of other emotions like success happiness joy and ecstasy so strongly in my life… I leave it up to the readers to interpret this poem in their own way

What is a Dectina Refrain?

A poetry form comprising of:

• Ten lines;
• Syllabic count: 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10 per line
• The tenth line is comprised of the first four lines all together, as one stand alone line in quotation marks. (apparently the quotation marks are optional.)