one last wish...

Before the lights go out
And the world stops hearing my music

One last song,

Lets sing the blues away….

Before the day dims out

And people stop believing in magic,

One last picture,

Lets paint the pain away…..

Before the night fades out

And the crowds stop swaying to rhythm

One last waltz,

Lets dance the loneliness away….

Before the wind blows out

And the storm settles to emptiness

One last swirl,

Lets sweep the heartache away…..

Before the clouds melt out

And the sky returns to its placid hue

One last flight,

Lets soar to our dreams, the eagles way…

Before time runs out

And there is nothing left of today

One last moment,

Lets wipe the bitterness away…

or let the lights be turned out,

Let the crowds melt away,

Lets put up our easel

And create some magic,

Dance to the rhythm of the storm,

Soar to paint pictures in the clouds,

Let time be a bystander

All I have is today….

A mirage unseen..

Destiny etches our lives

and draws its pictures

we are but portraits

placed in its layout...

Strange are the ways of fate;

when all is seen and lived

when the path to be trod is decided

then it unravels one untravelled..

when all hopes and desires

are subjugated to rote

then, there flashes a dream

a vision unreachable...

its slave I choose not to be

to clear my eyes

and walk on unwavering

on footsteps traced ere...

A mirage have I seen

a chimera in my mind

but evanescent are these

and reality is to be...

In that bewitching hour

I saw the sun and moon meet

but forever will they be apart

and that is how it has been...

Not the progeny of our creators,

we are souls that emerge

out of the nothingness of being

and yet still live, by the writ...

Tailored thoughts, tutored emotions,

rites to be performed

the chore of breathing;

our act of living...