Haidar's Corner

What they told me  That I wouldn't make it That I wasn't good enough  That I was nothing They tried to keep me down They tried to smother my spirit  But I always knew  That my heart was telling the truth  That something better awaited  For every dark night I closed my eyes to  I found it replaced with a bright day For all the sorrows I endured Were washed away by joys Sprouting from my toils  Eclipsing my pains  Reenforcing my gains  Till I was firm, rooted tree So all I ask is...  Can you believe?  .  Haidarwali 202005202317hrs

I never thought life'd be so difficult  never thought it'd be easy too these paths we've traversed to arrive at this moment nothing, seems as it is yet all, is as it should be  for fate is done with us  it's given us all we need  so we can get all we want  though sabotage's addiction  has robbed us of the prize which we've sold for a price and now we lie in last throes of our own undoing and only penance awaits on the other side of this door.  .  Haidarwali 202005202243hrs

They say the author is 'dead'. So let me try my hand on the piece to see what meaning I can glean: .  The writer starts straightaway by telling us what the poem is about: the vastness of knowledge and their yearning to gain it. .  Then there is a personification of time which is used to further buttress the futility of trying to know all for one's life is limited to a few moments on this earth compared to the quantum of knowledge there is. .  The writer then gives an analogy of the depth of knowledge by using the word 'glance' which buttresses how insignificant the knowledge seeker's understanding is despite achieving mastery of a field (depicted by 'a thousand'), the persona is 'lost'!  .  Blooming desert is an oxymoron that tries to show that while knowledge can be associated with growth and foliage (which is used a couple of lines later), it is also like a desert where one will find themselves lost in an area where they do not fully comprehend...