How many pardons must my heart bestow,
Before I learn to cradle it with tender grace?
How many years must pass, how many sorrows grow,
Until I cease to break it, until time’s embrace?

Will I endure the pain through countless days,
Wandering in shadows where the heartache stays?
How many tears will trace this endless flight
Until I find the dawn to end the night?

© Ravi Pradhan