17. Burning the Midnight Oil

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Burning the midnight oil
Religiously as the nights toil,
The shore galore as away
As the journey from nay.

Sleepless eyes that seek the shore,
Raving souls that only seek more,
There's no silence to this storm,
No stone unturned and no night warm.

Burning the midnight oil,
The concoction of dreams continue to boil,
Simmering to the brim of the best,
Not without the trials of time's test.

The urge to rewrite the flaws of destiny
In words pristine - ivory and ebony,
The starlit splendour of the shore's light,
The city beckoning within it a thousand dreams away from sight.

Burning the midnight oil,
The strength of perseverance a grounding soil,
The rewards of a kindling soul so cherished,
Without determination and trials, so perished.

Touching upon the closing shore,
Prostrating myself right upon its door,
With learnings from this journey engraved within,
And the flame ablaze within making the next one another win.

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