Saturday, April 01, 2006

Desert Rain

I saw the little girl sitting on the sidewalk

Tired and cheeks stained

I knew the reason

“are you tired my little girl?

“yes, I am ….I did not want to be here.

This is not what I thought it would be.”

“I brought you where u always wanted to be”

“now I want to go back…back again

Back to the innocent world.

It was warm and rosy

But I was curious

Was curious about this.

I was excited when you brought me here

But this is not what I was expecting it would be

Its too cruel.

How come those dreams are still dreams?

Or was it just a mirage?”

“ Oh! Mirage u say , my girl?

It is a mirage, but we had fun running behind it, dint we?

See those people are still running…”

“But I am tired, tired of this running

But I know I can’t ever go back

Can not go back to that sunshine

Can not go back to the warm womb”

I sit there on the sidewalk beside her,

My shoulders down

Deep inside, I know I am tired too

“I can take you back, may be”

But I know I am not complete without her.

She knows that too…

She ponderes and smiles

She kisses me on my cheek and says

“I wont leave you alone..

I wont go back and make you run thru the desert by urself

I know you cant make the mirage a reality sans me

Who is gonna bring smiles on ur face

And stars in your eyes?”

I look at her

I know I am not complete without her.

She knows that too…

And there we go, with our eyes at the mirage!

4 comments:

Salil said...

hey ! good one !
nice title too ;)

Anonymous said...

Tis' not a mirage in this desert of despair,
Fear not my lovely one, for there are many who care

When your shoulders are down and cheeks wet; the burden too hard to bear,
That little girl who you think weak,
Will urge you through the desert bleak.

Trudge on and on, though hard the walk might be,
The temptation to give up will be strong
But in the little girl you must believe

And the gloom of the desert leave behind,
The oasis of success you will soon find.

Shreyas said...

who is this.. u and ur sawli?????

Anonymous said...

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