When Shadows Fall on Bright Mornings

Some days feel heavier than others, even when the sun shines and the routine rolls on. My mind, like yours perhaps, catches a whisper in the wind—a newsbyte, a quiet headline, a sudden hush in the room. And I find myself grappling with the ache of being human in times like these.

No names. No specifics. Just that ache.

This poem is a reflection of that silent turmoil. When sorrow doesn’t knock, it crashes. When one action—a selfish one or an unknown one —unfolds like a chain reaction, leaving silence in homes that once held laughter. And when we, helpless but not heartless, feel the weight of it all.

There are days when the sun still shines, yet dim,
As if the heavens whisper a mournful hymn.
The air feels heavy, the heart feels tight,
Even though the world appears bathed in light.

Somewhere, choices made in careless greed,
Birthed storms of sorrow from one selfish seed.
A moment's folly, a reckless hand,
And lives now altered like footprints in sand.

I sip my tea, but taste the ache,
Of hearts now shattered, of vows that break.
Of children waiting, of calls grown still,
Of silent prayers climbing hope’s steep hill.

How fragile we are—how thin the thread,
Between warm embraces and words unsaid.
One breath, one step, one twist of fate,
And grief walks in through destiny’s gate.

As a citizen, I stand, confused and torn,
By systems failing, by hearts forlorn.
As a human, I ache, I rage, I cry,
Why must innocence so often die?

Yet morning shall come, as mornings do,
And life will dress in hopeful hue.
But somewhere deep, a quiet scar
Reminds me always who we are.

We build, we love, we fall, we rise,
We wipe our tears and brave the skies.
But every time the shadows fall,
A piece of me mourns for them all.

Even in the din of everyday life, may we never grow numb to the quiet cries of the world.
Feeling is not weakness—it is the pulse of being truly alive.

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