1) Walking Through The Woods At Dusk One Dreary Evening

The sun shone through my window that one morn,
It was a day when the morning bird couldn’t lift my spirits with its song,
What that day had in store for me, I had no idea whatsoever,
And I dragged through it till the evening changed my outlook forever.

Walking through the woods at dusk and oblivious of the world,
I was wrapped up in some serious thoughts that in my mind unfurled,
I walked slowly along contemplating on my so far meaningless life,
While in my head my thoughts were going through a strife.

Life is not a smooth walk on which we can easily race,
Life is instead a challenge which we inadvertently face,
And then I stared down the path I had come,
And felt ashamed of how to difficulties I easily succumbed.

There is a part of me that is fun, stupid and mostly superficial,
In fact the daily life I go through is almost unreal,
I have never perhaps realized the existence of my conscience,
But that day I could hear it loud when my mind was at complete silence.

Do I know myself or don’t I? I wondered as I walked,
And then I became suddenly much aware of a void in my heart,
I had never felt so lonely although by then I was aglow,
Because that day the real meaning of my life I got to know.

I finally found myself surrounded by darkness,
With no one with me to encourage me with any praise,
It was upto me to put up a fight or to flight through every hour,
With nothing to hold me together except my will power.

And these all thoughts came slowly to my mind,
As my evening walk I began to wind,
The setting sun now looked like a sparkling ball of fire,
As if it was representing and responding to my innermost desire.

That day I could read my innermost feelings with clarity,
For my thoughts had reached their age of maturity,
That one hour of deep thought had completely transformed me,

When I was walking through the woods at dusk one dreary evening!

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