HP TJQ (Puzzle Poetry)

If an alphabet is the shadow of its previous
And an ending is the beginning of its all
Then many a shadows are together to find their true selves
…in your hand

I
B hpttjq tjqt gspn uif ujqt pg jttvft
Boe xpslt mjle b xjme opwfmjtu up bee ujttvft
Up uif xspoh boe ps sjhiu
Up fydjuf ps dbvtf puifst gsjhiu

II
Uifz bsf mjlf kpvsobmjtut
Zpv offe up cf po uifjs sjhiu tjeft
… bt uifz’sf lgxbzt opvs bobmztut
Ps uifz’mm qvti Zpv joup uif cbju pg ibuf
Boe tipx nboz tmjeft
…up mpdl zpv jo uif hbuf pg ibuf

III
Uibu’t xiz uifz’sf jnqpsubou
Boe bdu bt mjgf’t nboz bo bddpvoubou
Uibu’t xiz uifz offe uifjs xjut
…xjui tibsq fzft
Boe uifz ejti pvu uifjs cjut
Hbsojtife up qmfbtf xjui fybhhfsbujpot boe ps mjft

IV
Tp mfbso up xbml uifjs qbuit
Cz ubljoh uifjr cbuit
…up tubz dmfbo
Ps sjtl uifz spbtujoh zpvs gbu ejhojuz
…joup pof uibu jt mfbo
Eftqjuf zpvs bcjmjuz
Mjgf iptut uif hppe boe cbe
…gps uif xjtf up uvso hppe, uif cbe
Jo psefs up mjwf mjlf spzbmuz
…fwfo jo bobsdiz
Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © October 6, 2020