My Lamp

For long I lay buried

An average man;

Born into the world

To leave my mark,

I died young

After a brief flicker.

Living among masses

Of anonymous existence,

Life was a mundane chore;

You came along

And lit my lamp,

And I did flicker again.

The glow of hope awakes me,

To know myself anew;

With you my love

I'll move the world,

Will you light 

My lamp all through?

Echoes In Memory

Echoes in memory are all I carry
And a little voice which tells me,
What is not today shall be tomorrow;
What today is not tomorrow shall be

Tomorrow

Two birds of joy
Perch on my tree of sorrow,
Harbingers
Of a golden tomorrow.
Again.......tomorrow.

Destiny reclaimed

Diffidently

I had accepted

My fate

As others wished

The world

Loomed menacingly

And drowned

My little voice

I writhed

And cried silently

But could not

Take my step

The coward

In spineless armour

Masqueraded

As my real self

Lashing out

I hit the world

Which shrank

With a hurt look.

My destiny

From them I snatched

And changed it

As I had wished

The world

Hovers all around

With an envious

Regretful glance

I stand atop

With a wry smile

Hey!

What can you do now?

Hopes and memories

A cigarette is lit

Up in smoke it goes

It is lit again

Raindrops fall

And go into the ground

They fall again

We meet to love

To love and part

And go our separate paths

Raindrops will fall

Cigarettes will be lit

Will we ever meet again

To stay

And not to split?

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In the silence of

My room, thoughts

Rush into my mind,

Flooding images

Of days long gone.

Alone, I relive

Moments known to

Her, to me

And the four walls

Silently looking on.

They understand

And ask

No questions,

Just comfort me;

I feel strong.

Time flies things

Change; my room

Is still the same,

It shelters me,

I hear her song.

In the silence of...