--- title: Existence date: 2015-09-04T10:37:27Z modified: 2015-09-04T10:43:30Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/existence/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 1651 categories: - Sad Poems featured_image: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dark_existence.jpg" featured_image_alt: Dark Existence author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2015-09-04T10:43:30Z tags: - Sad Poems --- ![Dark Existence](http://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dark_existence.jpg) i trudge along a long and winding road, with silence for company, sullen and sunk; staring into the distance, i ponder about this zombie like existence; standing along the edge, not able to give in or give up, my mind is at [war](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/war-within.md) with itself, and the road seems endlessly long; as the shadows merge with the darkness of the night, i count the street lights one by one, some [broken](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/a-broken-smile.md), some lit, but they all seem dull and faded; too tired to walk, gone too far to come back, i want to be happy, but life is being a tough negotiator; why is it always like this with me? maybe i am cursed? maybe i am the [devil](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/devil.md) of my own doing? or maybe my time has [run](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/running-dark.md) out? fragile and down again, i am trying to hide the [storm](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/storm-passion.md) that is raging inside me, trapped in this pitiful existence, i can only stare at this long road of life;