by alvin | |
Published on: Nov 25, 2005 | |
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Type: Poetry | |
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how it began i cant remember but i was at my desk made of timber then i was preparing for the summer and above in the distance was this thunder it shook the walls and all the glass sad at what was coming in a rush i looked out the window and i thought of you will i get to see you before the storm begins i was lost in my thoughts and like a dream i was drifting away slowly but unconscious it was so real and lovely in the blue sky so i looked around and saw the drops fall raising my hands to hold a bit to make a fine gift, if you will but it came down more and fast taking a closer look around i see that i have gone far away and as i see the water flowing on the ground i was scared that i was lost so i looked up to the sky to see the clouds but i ended up seeing the road then i said to myself, whence come this road at this time and if it does not lead me home it will surely lead me to you but i was too weak to follow and my legs shook in harmony with the leaves my eyes were soaked as the earth my hands sailed with the wind what else can i hold on to for my clothes were drenched in the storm and so i was alone and cold in the dark but when i thought of you your smile and what you would be doing i felt warm in my heart, like i was falling and someone gave me a hand luck came my way, the sky was clearing and from under the dark batch i saw your smile, warm and gentle it was the sun, but i saw you then came the passers by, and no one cared to look i was a stranger, and all wet and soiled who could accept such a person disfigured by nature and abandoned i walked with my last strength as far as my legs would go but it was not the strength or my legs it was thoughts of you that kept me going and when i could take no more i found a spot under a big tree whose branches swayed in the wind inviting me to come for a rest like a baby in its arms i obeyed, and looked at the branches as they were strong and experienced i gave in to their call and found me a spot it had leaves that were so green and shiny in my heart there is only one that is so shiny so there i was still in the open battered by the winds that nature cared to give it was my cushion, and the tree was my house but i thought of a better option how about i lay down for a few minutes maybe someone will stop to carry me away i was so wrong because it failed so i sang a song in your name it made the birds of the air come to my side they were my company and joined in my song then i was so tired that i fell hard so hard that i slept, and ... in the silence came a sudden bang and i awoke, to see my self awake on my desk with my tools all lying on the floor what a nightmare i must have been in so i made haste to leave before the rain hoping that i may find you waiting for me « return. |