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Hashtag Kalakar

The Selfless Shine

Hashtag Kalakar

Mar 4, 2023

1 min read

By Nashma

He burned and burned

For her and for him, for others all his life

But never for himself, he burned

He burned and shined, all night all day

He shined brighter and brighter

To light them very far away

Something ought to burn to shine

As the shine, the fire, the flame, the light,

Follows when 'tis burning bright

But somewhere in the process

He didn't mind the bounds, he burned

Far longer than he could have, alas!

Nothing more than dying embers, ebbed away,

The glow, the shine, the warmth, the light

Fading, alone he was left behind

They longed for his flames, his light, his shine

The warmth not forgotten, the glow remembered,

Forever lost what was once, upon them accorded

By Nashma

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