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Balm of Life: A Poem by Sujata Dash

Be it a starry night or frozen darkness
A sunny day or bone-chilling winter stretches
I know you will always be by my side
To fend me from splinters of eventuality
All along, through thick and thin
You have stood by me rock-solid
Pampering my battered bruised soul
With a surplus dose of positive energy
You are the balm of my weary days
Lighting up the dreary path with credence
Such is the power of your affection
That it moves the audacity of cliffs and mountains
From the core of my heart, I proclaim this
You will always be my friend, philosopher, and guide
With whom I can share secrets and confide
You are like my shadow, my alter ego
The invisible strength that bails me out of life’s pitfalls.