It could be you!

It could be you!

 

When I turn the lights on,

I don’t seek for a vista;

I fear darkness!

I circumvent gestures,

I run towards you,

You! Distant moon;

Engulfing beauty in pristine land,

I pause! Lost!?

As if I saw a ghost;

I am thrilled every night,

Escapist, a dreamer,

I hallucinate – A better life,

A song,

Forever and so long,

Am I wrong?

Where can be my heart tonight?

Where do I belong?

So long!

I lost my thorn;

I am old but barely grown,

Pulsating conviction,

Hell! I am blown…

Geared up! Let me borrow for a while,

From that child,

Exchange my file,

A pile,

Of unsung sonnets and lyrical rhyme;

In this crowded habitat I belong to mine,

Overlooked and blind;

I lost my sunshine,

Memories!

Trickling around my pillows,

Freedom exchanged to pay my fine!

Never Saw

I have never been to the peaks, 
I never saw the ocean, 
Never been to a land where it resides. 

The River - my companion, 
Never saw the foundation, 
I hope to see the end some day 
Cause I plan to see the sea 

I never saw those eyes, 
But I know the fear within; 
Of loss and hardship, 
When they sail the warship. 

I never know that language, 
But I can feel the odium; 
I am the kill today, 
Few more breadths, if escaped. 

I will never see the snowflakes, 
Nor the Ocean; 
The River – Not my chum now; 
In this tiny cell – my home now. 

Waiting for my turn in isolation, 
Darkness sometimes makes you look inside, 
Sometimes makes you gather courage; 
Courage to die, don’t even know the time and age.  

Other Side!

Other Side!

Every year the river spreads its wings,

Our home, our food and our things;

Our dreams in hope strings,

The dam!?

The rocks are mesmerizing,

The water wild;

Behold! There is a child,

 Dusty! The old file…

I counter death to face life,

Blood solidified to bond that dike;

Humanity concealed with lies,

They are not dead – the quiescent eyes!

On the other side of death, there is life,

Diminishing land against the tide;

The soldier was too young to bite the dust,

Darkness engulf all the souls here,

The sidewalk filled with light!