Monday, September 23, 2013

A Blind Star Gazer


Dark were the nights, the clouds covered the moon
Dark were the ways, I am lost so soon.
Groping along the midnight road
Clutching on a candle along I strode...
Hello sky, let go of your clouds
I pray to you, long and loud.

One such night, I looked up at the sky,
And of all the stars, one did catch my eye.
The star that shines the brightest of all
The star that you stare at, full of awe...
Star-gazer, I would have never been
Had it not been for this twinkling thing.

So I stared at the star above me high,
Long enough to dazzle my eyes.
So what, the brightness adds to me
I learn too, to shine with glee...
Shine on star, you are the king
Radiance to our lives, you do bring.

But the star was a shooting star...
And one night, when the sky was dark,
And the moon was gone,
It fell from my sky,
Down into the earth,
Crashing onto my hopes,
Straight into my eyes.

And, that was the end.
Of me gazing at the star...
Not because the star was gone,
Not because I lost the star...
But because, every time I opened my eyes
I could only see a dark dark sky…
All around me all the while
And I realized
I have lost my sight.

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Of Dreams

I dream of you, I dream of me
I dream of a world where love will be
Happy as two birds that fly very high
Night's done so quick, I wonder why!

Last night you wooed me such
I couldn't thank my stars so much!
The love that we shared was just like a dream
Oh my night's fantasy, by daylight you dim!

A green meadow, a sapphire sky
Clasped hands, we walk eye in eye
We run far, we lose ourselves within we
A rising sun ends it all, was it meant to be?

I dream more, I dream of you going away
I stifle, I cry…Alone and lost in the folds of my dream
I stumble, I falter…a little more do I decay
I run, I drop, I scuttle towards the broad day.

Of all the dreams I dream about you,
One dream did come true
Not the love, not the woo, not at all about us two
But the one when you leave, not me, just you…

So, I will sleep once more,
No...No more dreams this time
A tired bed, a pitch dark grave,
I want to sleep a silent night.