Far in the distance
where the vision pales
a murmur begins
as high wind rales
Yet all around a stillness gnaws
over clods and rills
vast meads across
And the tall pines softly sorely sigh
to see the late day sadly die
One faint exotic star alone
peers through the woolly veil
to tell me not all is lost,
a bright spot could be found still
if you could see, if you had the will
But deep inside the marrow frail
all I hear is a haunting wail
that breaks forth every now and then
like one driving in the coffin's nail
And out in the distant edge
a weary flight the swallow takes
not one that chirps
to please its soul
but a mute farer on an empty road
on that flossy cloudy canopy
like one playing a measly role
Soon an abject darkness pitches in
turning the stricken heart icy cold
Tell me, won't you feel bereft too
when such dreary scenes unfold?

Little by little they moved away
Every single of them who were in the fray
Some of them whizzed swiftly past
A harried look I saw them cast
Not so long ago they had sweetly ambled here
With a smile  at hand, without a fear
Then came those nights of dizzying heights
Where thoughts took one to fancy flights
Did you reach the stars in your dreams so gay?
I'd nod my head to say 'aye'
Twinkling bright those gems gushed steadily on
A crown like none the pate did don
Laughter and joy held the sway
Some teardrops too had their way
All in all, a sweet sight to cheer
Where one with ease folks could steer

And now an eerie silence wails
A mile long loneliness like ne'er before prevails
Sometimes I wonder if they'll ever come back
And place those notes on my rack
It surely seems like a distant dream
Yet thoughts as these make my eyes gleam

But wait, do I see hope from afar shine?
See me leap at this gift divine
With a smile it hovers ready to ignite
Like a thousand stars beckoning delight
Come to me, don't you know for you I pine?
Come hither, let me make you all mine

The words once so fondly your own
let loose, remain no more yours alone
out of the cozy shaft
they tremble a moment aside,
gather pace after aft'
and travel far and wide
Many a shore they seek to reach
at the journey's end, loved by some
far more minds they beseech
Many a heart they merrily rip apart
but with what innocence at the start
Bereft of all the powers once borne
you look on , so woebegone
If only you could shackle them
these wanton words, one and all
never to lose sights again
forever your own to rein
and always at your beck and call

Mute Stones,
What tales you hide
in your chasm
from days bygone?

Ever so calm
Ever so grave
Does it pain you
to treasure thus
the secrets untold?

In your deep marrow
what intrigues grow?

The cracks that open your side
What painful miseries do they hide?

Muffled though you sound
yet I hear the distant heart pound

Those images you arouse, bedazzle my senses
They tell the sagas of lost chances

Of the bloodbaths and the cries
Of the triumphs and the joys

Of soft feet that tread
to meet her love in yonder shed

The smiles and the aches
all entrenched in your depths

Silent though you are
my senses touch yours that's left ajar

Awed I look on
reading thus your thoughts
Mute , you smile on
beguiling all and sundry in knots

Did I hear you whisper, my heart
or was it the boughs that spoke
dancing beyond my window panes
flushed as the rose after rains
that the brazen breeze had woke

Soft is the tender night
save the crickets that delight
and ladybirds on velvety strands
fresh from their jaunty rides
tickled red as pretty new brides

Behind the fluffy cloudy veil
the crescent maid mischief makes
coupled with those distant chimes
flashing a wink at times
lest I shed a tear or two
that the void this misty night
did thrust, a sudden in view

So let me begin afresh
Tell me, wasn't it you, after all
that the soft soul laid bare ?
Was it only those signs myriad
that artful nature outside
enforced upon me, most unfair ?

Even when dreams tear apart
in the deep corners of my heart
be that as it may
I shall still solace find
surely somehow, some way


Like supple tendrils unwind
let my blithe fanciful mind
in the sweet fragrance of this night
generous notes alluring
forever enduring
most graciously and willfully ignite

Dear Publisher Sir, most kind
May I entreat,if you don't mind
to take a more kindly note
on those lines that I last wrote
and carried them to you with such care
hoping that you'd make them your affair,
fall in love with them a presto
and print them all with much gusto

But I have a strange feeling
which I can't stop concealing
that my manuscripts, so very winsome
has become to you, somewhat burdensome
Why else would you, I can't help wonder
bellow aloud like fiery thunder
and throw them all in the dustbin
as if I'd committed some dark sin
by writing those rhymes so pristine
almost touching heights alpine
Oh those wonderfully worthy lines
with what flair and wordy designs !

How Could You, Publisher Sir
to trash my paeans transfer ?
Have you no heart in place
that you put me in such utter disgrace?

Well, I'd like to humbly tell you
That I know a secret or two
about that grisly act you did the other day
Remember, your foray into that alley ?
It's all prettily snapped up too
and bounded for you to view
Oh no, this isn't a blackmail bid
like those ghastly stories sordid
but merely a quid pro cos
lesson learned in life,Dear Bro
Didn't I tell you, I'm a cool Private Eye
Hence those lines of mine don't you dare deny
Publish them promptly all very soon
Come now sir, don't act the goon
Will take a peek at your office tomorrow
with more such tales of your sorrow

With all my ample respects due
Hopefully yours, Miz Ewu

What shadows are those
that tell murky tales
each day as they pass me by
Like a soul possessed
I await them still
while you fret and wonder why

A whole new world
in a never never land
one less traversed,'tis true
Yet I can't resist
like a shackled will
as those unheard voices accrue

Delusion, did you say ?
Maybe that and more
it's not for me to unravel
Such a life unfettered
without a fuss or frill
till the end let me tirelessly travel

Give me a few words
from the treasure that you own
Let me make them all mine
like pure love divine
On the pages of my soul
I'll have them fondly adorn

Those floodgates of thoughts
see then gently flow
Meandering as they chime
Lofty notions in rhyme
Hear your heartbeats race
awashed in a pinky glow

Yes, lend me some words
I'll not let them astray
Such like they haunt,
evermore does that want
to merge with those pearls,
come sauntering my way

Masked in despond
I watched hatred hoard
Firings from hills beyond
Deadly guns roared
The red moon looked on
Amid screams of pain
Blood and gore had won
'Twas a moment insane

The gray sun awoke
The next morn and how !
Deep in thoughts soak
Its wrinkled brow
Man will go to what lengths
Relentless in their means
How many more deaths
Before the close of such scenes

Enough Ye Men, I said with a start
Hatred can't always win
There's beauty in each heart
If only you care to look within

Waste not golden days in strife
Why give in to unsound wrath
Learn instead to love life
Stop, I pray, this mindless bloodbath

Live and let live
Your motto must be
Learn to reprieve
Spread gentle smiles for free
Surely malice will cease
If ill-will you curtly deny
Aye, I am PEACE
Hold on , give me a try !