Freedom - Vanita Shukla Hork

Freedom describes the disillusionment that follows when one wakes up to the harshness of reality – the beloved is not the person one fell in love with. Compare this poem to Death of a Girl (also from 1984), with its similar theme of painful loss.

So I awoke from my ignorant dream

To find my God

An empty idol.

Gone is that comforting darkness

Of love

That shielded my eyes from reality –

My reality, solitude.

Oh, it was heresy

That I believed

And I am faithless now.

The faith of love

Is an illusion

And I, the devotee

Seeking the supreme vision

Was frightened

By the brilliance of harsh reality.

So, now I am free once more

A freedom so painfully won

The freedom from darkness

And self-delusion –

The freedom to be alone.

Vanita Shukla Hork, 1984

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6 thoughts on “Freedom”

Peer Lund
April 7, 2022 at 1:28 am
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Ej ej, kære Vanita, hvor er “Freedom” et stærkt digt! Og sikke en slutning på digtet! 🌝❤️
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- Vanita HorkPost author
  April 7, 2022 at 1:47 am
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  Tusind tak, Peer! 🙏
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John K
April 9, 2022 at 10:18 pm
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Insightful return to the double-edged sword!
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- Vanita HorkPost author
  April 10, 2022 at 12:00 am
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  Indeed, I agree! Thank you, John 🙂
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Raven Kamali
June 4, 2022 at 3:06 pm
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Beautiful. You are a talented poet.
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- Vanita HorkPost author
  June 4, 2022 at 9:04 pm
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  Thank you so much, Raven, this means a lot to me 🙏🙏🙏
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