When I am locked up
among people who are all
either a closed door or a window-
the sky of my loved one’s face
is missing even when I lie down
looking up-
my pathway is a long, dark, almost infinite wall
of sad moments-
my heart, ribcage, bosom slowly darkening
into a burnt landscape-
I never despair-
for my raven world
has become my key-
to set me free-
sumanar/lekha 
A terrific write, Sumana.
Visceral words and a moving turn at the end.
I like the Raven coming to the rescue.
Good job !
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Interesting choice of bird for the alternate song of a stranded world.
An intriguing piece. Perhaps we can choose to make any apparent prison into a path of freedom?
That is a hard path to walk but, there is hope in the wings of a crow. Interesting as I usually find crows to bring me bad news.
I absolutely love this Sumana! Yes I can see a bird being the key to freedom before man. This is deeply beautiful poetry!
“the sky of my loved one’s face..” that is what hit me first, but the entire poem has all the power of a rush of truth uttered on a single breath, and the finish is perfect– the key drops from the strangest of hands(or beaks) sometimes, and freedom is behind the lock it opens if we are able to turn it. Beautiful poem, and excellent response to the picture as prompt.
That long wall of sad moments….I can FEEL it. And therefore love even more that your raven world lifts you up. Such a wonderful poem!
“When I am locked up
among people who are all
either a closed door or a window-“–O! don’t look there for compassion and comfort, keep your eye on the sky, for from there that face will show and the raven too. I hope the face reappears before “my heart, ribcage, bosom slowly darkening
into a burnt landscape” because the raven is too much of an intimation of freedom through death. But it also recalls The Raven of Poe, who comes with the “nevermore” as if the one who receives the message needs only to accept it in order to restore peace.
“When I am locked up
among people who are all
either a closed door or a window-“
What a wonderful way to express that feeling of suffocation.
Beautiful poem! JIM