Saturday, April 28, 2007

A one sided affair

He walks nervous onto the stage.
Every creak with each step he takes
The final moment is dawn upon
As he stands firm at the grandeur of the hall.
The light flickers against the wooden walls
Every grain every line with history to tell.
Rose colored seats adjoined as one
rows and rows of crimson red.

He closes his eyes as he imagines
An audience awaits for the melodious sound.
He loosens his throat and deepens his breath.
As he times the right moment to impress
with all his past hidden emotions kept far at bay.

With burning desire to express his forlorn love,
a bursting passion suffices within him.
He lets out a voice angelic and pure.
As all around stay hypnotized by his song.
Some tear while some sob
As they endear themselves to his sad plight.
The expression of love to the one he belongs.
Songs of admiration and dear,
hopeful for a lovely reply.

The melody ends and he holds his breath.
A moment of silence as he waits,
biting his lips till they bleed.
Nothing!
Nothing!
Nothing!
He opens his eyes.
Alas he is but a fool.
A voice of a century is heard
Yet only an empty hall hears his song.
A one sided affair indeed.

Friday, April 13, 2007

Harvest Time

An empty field it once was
A farmer came and toiled the lands
He tilted the soil and nourished the lands
Pouring within the gift of life
Love and care, a nurturing feel
Luscious grass and blossoming flowers
Morning dew against the sun rays
Misty droplets cloud the dusky moon
A wonder a sight for all to see
Blissful and peace in every seed

A moment’s neglect and a twinkle of an eye
The beautiful turned into the ugly
A beast came upon and ravaged the land
Planted his weeds and treacherous thorns
He robbed and stole
He cheated and beguiled
The innocent land of its pride and joy
Coercion and force upon he came
Raped the land of all its innocence

The farmer returns in shock and anguish
To see his land ravished and torn
The beast fights hard to protect what is “his”
Who really owns the piece of land?
The farmer or the beast
Or does it run free as one should choose
To be able to choose who it wants to own
Between the right or the wrong
A choice to be made amongst the two
Choices have consequences!