Lost and Found..

Where walls of mud barely bear the broken doors,

Where sheepish smiles hide beneath a veil of stolen hopes,

His sparkling eyes glued, we stare into nothingness,

Into an inward eye echoing soft chimes,

Into a tranquil strung on a rhythm of heartbeats,

Where heard melodies are sweet,

But those unheard are sweeter,

At the altar of peace with hymns of praise, we begin,

“Oh boy! Look at the blue skies,

Say not they resemble a temple arch?

Oh boy! Look at the ocean tides,

Do they not thank the heavens in gratitude?”

There, where he lay, his visage grieved,

At the flaming wrath of the miseries that ensued,

At the trials and tribulations of life that gnawed,

“The greedy waves washed away not my sins,

Rather the only fortune that laboured me,

My parents feasted by the seas,

Devoured all my dreams and ambitions,

No harm did we inflict upon anyone, why us?

I stare into a void with gnawing hunger and pain,

Know not the journey, Know not the destination,

Now, say you, do you cheer the seas or chide them?”

Suckl’d in bewilderment, out of tune, forlorn at the fair ask,

“Oh boy! Let us grieve all we want, Let us wail in anger,

Let us hear the sound of sorrow, Let us yearn for lost love,

But trifle not with hope and faith, Of dreams with imperious sway,

Dwell not in the sorrows and forget to live in honour of your love,

For that is the beauty of nature, what goes comes back stronger,

For indeed, what you lost will be found in the depths of you,

For you manifest what you believe!”

Our hands tightly clenching in the sweat of thoughts,

He smiles, he sighs, he smiles again,

Where burning desires bear the broken soul,

Where myriad dreams unfold the layers of grief,

I’ll meet you there!