The Light I Never Found
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| The Light I Never Found — By Hilal Uddin Shah |
— By Hilal Uddin Shah
Since tender youth, I chased a gleam,A distant star, a wistful dream.
I thought, perhaps, one day she’d come—
With silent steps, yet beat a drum
Within my soul, and touch my brow,
And make me more than I am now.
I dreamt she’d come with magic grace,
And light a fire I could not place—
That I might rise above the clay,
And walk a wiser, brighter way.
A sage, a hero, shaped anew—
All from a glance, a touch, a view.
But time passed on, her face unseen,
My hands lay bare, my hopes turned lean.
No spell was cast, no path was shown,
No whispered fate to call my own.
Still, in my heart, I’d softly cry,
That luck might look me in the eye—
That once, just once, her touch might stir
The strength I’d failed to find in her.
Alas! I met the bitter truth:
That dreams, though sweet, can rob one’s youth.
I walked the ground and felt the stone,
And knew I stood, at last, alone.
I saw the years I’d let decay
In longing’s slow, enchanting sway.
Had I but toiled, and shaped my days,
I’d walk today in brighter blaze.
So now I turn with open voice,
And urge the hearts that still have choice:
Let not your fate be writ in air—
Be bold, be strong, and meet it there.
Know your worth, and rise anew—
The hero that you seek is you.
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