Lanterns of the night

When the sun goes down, and the lights are out,

From the shadows of the dark, creep the evils and the louts,

With nothing in vision, I crumbled in fear,

For anything could happen, from far or near.

As I veiled my head and shuddered in terror,

Small yellow lights twinkled there and here,

A zillion of them appeared and disappeared,

I gazed at them forgetting my fear.

‘Lanterns of night’ or ‘stars on the earth’

They spread their lights without any girth,

 Like jolly little bulbs they flew everywhere,

As if not a second they had to spare.

The fear in my heart had been washed away,

There was a touch of thrill and love in the air,

The darker the night the brighter they lit,

At times on me, they didn’t mind to sit.

Magical was it and romantic as well,

To add on to it there was this earthy smell,

The black blue velvety sky was above,

And in me was spawning desires of love.

Amidst these magical flying lights around,

And crickets and beetles making their sounds,

There was this full moon shining so bright,

Nothing was more romantic than this sight.

I wished he was there just right beside me,

Holding my hand and staring at me deep,

Whispering beautiful words of love,

Drifting away into our beautiful world.

I hugged myself wanting to be held,

A touch of his now would have made me melt,

I wanted to sit all glued to him,

Staring at this sky that was lit all dim.

A change to begin

We are born one day and would die on another,

Yet in the life we live, to be good we stutter,

We choose to be bad, we see in them pleasure,

Against anguish and pain, we chose money and leisure.

Our notions of empathy seems to have ceased to exist,

And our urges to help, now remains a mere gist,

Our sweet humble speeches have turned into yelps,

 Even Our babies are less humans, they act as whelps.

The harshness, the rudeness, the cruelty around,

The forcing, the hurting it seems to make us proud,

The agony, the pain and distress we see,

Are turning our tears into oceans and seas.

Among all the creations living on earth,

We humans are refined and intellect from birth,

Then why do we act as if devils have possessed,

Even though with all abilities we are blessed.

Why aren’t our abilities used for the good?

Why don’t we protect the animals in the woods?

Why can’t we bring smiles to our kind?

Why have our egotism made us blind?

Life can be more unpredictable as it can be,

If today we breathe, tomorrow our breath may cease,

Our smile this instant may in the next be a cry,

Yet choice to be harsh made me wonder why.

Is money or power our kind is seeking?

Greed and sadism has also been dominating,

But why don’t these people for once realise,

Its happiness they seek for nothing in compromise.

Killing and bloodshed can never make them happy,

Instead they will end up purely in agony,

It’s only good that can touch one’s heart,

Good and happiness, their lanes never part.

Do good, be good; think everything that’s good,

Happiness and peace will then remain where is should,

Every nook and corner of the world will smile,

Prosperity and happiness will begin to strive.

The entire world will not at once change,

This concept of good may be to them strange,

But a spark I suggest we can commence,

You and I can begin the difference.

                                                           

How i lived my dream

The sun was high and shining its light,

From among the trees it was out of my sight,

The heavy backpack I was carrying along,

Was denied gravity and so was testing my bones.

I had a stick with me to help me climb the slopes,

At times it took all my weight and raised my hopes,

A blend of joy and anxiety I felt abiding in me,

Helping me through all the obstacles I could imagine and see.

Chirping of the birds and smiling fresh pansies,

Running sounds of a creek were all from my fancies,

 I passed through a forest and a meadow I reached,

 To settle here, to my dream it was a breach.

Again I walked up those rocky slope trails,

Towards the peak of the mountain, without slowing my pace,

Finally I reached the spot that beckoned me all my life,

A small protrusion of land and above it was just the clear sky.

I rested my back pack and sat on the mud,

Inhaling in the air made me feel like a bud,

The freshness was deep and new to my lungs,

To add to the glory, here was this beautiful setting sun.

I quickly set my tent, as the night was coming,

A small fireplace I made, for heating and lighting,

I set it all up in a hurry for just a day I had,

To live my dream and cherish what I can.

When the night approached the scenery had changed,

There was this velvety night sky with sparkly diamonds attached,

In my dreams I saw this scenery a million times,

But none stood a chance in the one in front of my eyes.

I lay there relaxed on the bare muddy ground,

Gazing at these zillions of stars shining from beyond,

Though crickets and other insects tried breaking the silence,

The tune created was nothing but beyond perfection.

There was peace in the air and the perfect panorama to accolade,

Realizing this magical beauty, into sleep I slowly cascaded,

When I opened my eyes, I was lying in my bed,

‘Why am I here?’ I wondered in my head.

Soon enough I realized it was just my dream,

It wasn’t the first time I lived my fantasy in my sleep,

‘One day’ I thought as I relaxed myself in my head,

‘I will live my dream and wake up not on bed’.