OPPORTUNITY LOST
                    -- Abhishek Reddy

I have nothing to do,
Nowhere to go,
But I must stay here, locked
In a lifeless limbo.

I travel only in general directions,
Circumnavigating the circumference
Of links in a lengthy chain, serving
In a solitary prison sentence.

Life is racing past;
Fleeting moments flicker fast—
Fibres of Time, cast in the vast void, hang
In twisted knots; opportunity lost.

I have nothing to do,
Nowhere to go,
But I must stay here, locked
In this, my free period.

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