Autumn Lights
I feel like I can,
I can walk miles after miles,
In this abundance of sun
And over sparkling avenues.
I will hold my purple parasol,
Will wear my lavender shoes,
Will I, tramp over the brick heart
Of the concrete city of castles.
Shall I not let my heart
Step out of the cement pavements,
But wonder if it'd fall
Silent of songs looming within.
I'd save myself from that.
Walk walk and walk a mile,
Another mile of arcade, through rush
Of folks crooning as hive bees,
I will pass as a whiff of erstwhile wind,
Leaving my evanescent trails.
And soon I will walk, over the crooked bridge
Over the silent jade brook
And the paddy fields and truant meads
And the solitary vineyards at noon.
The azure sky stretching long
Yonder me, you and the horizon
And the carefree white clouds floating
In the void ether, in cosmic waters.
The traces left by the grazing cattle
Would lead my perpetual way unto thee,
You who await me beyond worldly tunes
On this cotton candy day of autumn.
Crooning the music that plays mid these greens,
that comes gliding the stairs of afternoon breeze-
I dream of drifting smooth and mix within the popy plains,
Grains of me playing gleefully in the air.
But...know I, at heart- there will be thunder,
The thin veil on diasters face will bare itself soon
And there will be hailstorms, harsh stones befalling me, moments of clouds and mist.
Will I stop? Will I fall? Will my flesh fail my heart?
For I know, that will never be.
For the light I hold within me,
Is my child, needs warmth and abode-
I will not let her die- she'll thrive forever-
Amidst all these hazards; tiny commotions on
Life's eternal way to salvation.
I will break free, break free and walk
On the fire roads, primrose paths
And deserts and jungles and lands,
On waters shall I fly as the keen swan-
Heading towards your lotus-arbour.