NOSTALGIA!

 

While sitting alone in the dark,

When midnight falls gently

On the fresh green and yellow boughs

Manna pours down from the sky.

It sets prisms and diamonds all over the leaves,

To nourish the buds into flowers bright,

Crimson, orange, and red they will be

When the morn comes.

 

In such a moment as this,

My fancy, to you, takes its flight.

It sits like an owl out into mists

And shrieks out all the secrets

That lie within the soul of night,

Bringing your thoughts to me

Back with all their might.

 

Throwing a charm all over me,

Eternal silence falls,

And darkness overflows.

An overwhelming grief,

A sadness that never was known.

O! pain, a deep, sensitive pain.

Paralyzed, spellbound,I can hardly move.

Sitting by my window, aimlessly

No one knows, for how long,

Fighting with all the memories in my head,

Kept dear and safe for so long.

 

Then somewhere in the deep,

A jackal breaks the code of night, a shriek,

A piteous, heart rending echoing sound

By the soul that may be parted

From his mates and now cries

Out of sheer loneliness and grief.

It cries and sets me free.

 

With a sudden, quick movement of my hands

I wipe the tears off my cheeks

And smile, hopelessly,

Knowing that,

You will never know,

December nights are deep, dreary and too long

Without you!

Reviews

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. oh ... you are absolutely magnificent ... beautiful words ... beautiful images ... beautiful thoughts ... your voice echoes like no other ... i think it'll be heard ... i think he who needs to know will hear it ...

[Khaaki]

really touching...

[emmajoy]

Ohhhhh how sad this is! Those last words really touched my heart

Your writing is very beautiful, you phrase very carefully, never using more words than are needed and yet, putting enough to show emotion.

'Out of sheer loneliness and grief. It cries and sets me free.'