Beyond the horizon I see
The stars twinkling sweet
The moon shinning bright
Tress full of silver leaves
Grass no more a pack of greener reel
Everything looks different,
Everything looks fresh and pleasant
Even the lamp post that gave out depressing dull light
Seems bright.
Happily I walk further
A small bunch of children I see
Standing across me
Singing some medley
Mixing it with some
Old school rhymes, hymns and
other things that they might have
learnt in all these time..
Music took me back in those old times
When life only knew one rhyme
And the heart repeated
Only one song all the time
“Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning
Give me oil in my lamp, I pray
Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning
Keep me burning ‘til the break of the day”
Suddenly the smile vanishes,
Searching for it in vain,
i take a look around
Things are still the same,
Moon still gives out that pleasing peaceful light
Stars still twinkle bright,
The lamp post still emit the dull yet brightening light
in its full might,
But i realize life has changed
Neither is it perfect now nor do I feel sane
I wish the song I could sing again
With same happiness and charm
That surrounded and embraced me warm.
Lost in my own shallow thoughts
I walk further down the lane
Thinking how things could
shape up the way they have
Why things can’t always be perfect
like they have always been
Why childhood had to come to an end?
Why these thoughts like clouds taking over?
Why things are the way they are?
Why do I have to live with that ugly truth?
Some things I wish never changed,
Some things I wish I could change..
