Chancing

Heavy gates shut, with a dull thud,
Closing off from the rest of the world,
A silent kingdom, unseen and unheard.
With passing time this empire crumbled.

A lone warrior, weary traversing paths,
Arrived by the closed gates that barr’d,
That nation of which he wished to belong.
He stood by the border beckoning them, unfurl!

For centuries closed, they opened ever slow,
Creaking and groaning reluctant to reveal.
 But a small foothold was all he needed,
He thrust his foot and blast them wide open.

Into this realm through fallen streets he strode,
And sought to rebuild it into his own.

Chasing Hearts

A silent ray of moonlight falling yonder
On the pavement, illuminates a puddle, a
Sudden footstep breaks the reflection and
With a soft splash, shatters the silence.

A Hunter moves, swiftly and deadly, tracking
A victim too deceptive to capture.
A sound exploding into the silence alerts
The Hunter, he knew his prey had erred!

With determined hands and calm efficiency
And a pace to boot, he hurried through
The darkened street. He was close now
There’d be no mercy. He said to himself.

He caught up to her but she sauntered away.
His love would not escape and so he followed.

Poisoned

The forest grows, slowly, each year,

Aging trees, amassing wisdom and strength,

A harmony where there’s life without fear.

Who dares enter this sanctuary here?

This unwelcome stranger intrudes harmony,

Sowing the seeds of chaos in this haven

He strides through it destroying health

Poisoning rooted life and animal akin.

The flora consumes this toxin, this growing

Wildfire, consuming and affecting fauna akin.

Thus the sanctuary dies, slowly each year

Battling this infection it could not cure.

And eventually at, the end of its life,

As the forest breathed its very last,

The intruder returns and setting fire

To the withered remains, he stood by

Watching, as it burned. So he vanishes

With the dying flames, in search of

Another Eden for his gain…

Silence

Stay

"Where are you going?"

"I have to get back!"

"But we're having so much fun"

"It's been amazing"

"Stay awhile then"

"I really must be going"

"Going where?"

"Back to reality"

Random Thot

     Love generally is associated with warm summery feelings of happiness and satisfaction. The very thought of it itself induces warmth and happiness within us. It fills us to the brim, it is the force that drives us, gives us a reason to live. It changes us, for the better and makes us do that which we thought was impossible.  A generally selfish man would become sacrificing and hardworking to ensure the future of his child. A probably cowardly man would rise up to defend nations if so driven, for the love of his country. A ‘Romeo’ would do whatever it takes to secure his ‘Juliet’.

     Then there is that love which stems from gratitude. Say that a person suffering from a terminal illness and is unable to find sufficient funds for the surgery. Then he finds that there is a fund set apart for people just like him, suffering from the illness and then that changes his life. Wouldn’t he be grateful for it? Wouldn’t he then set up a charity to help people suffering from that illness to change their lives giving them all that support that they needed, financial or otherwise? Imagine that in a third world country where children are suffering and they have no proper facilities, and then out of the blue comes this organization to dig up a functioning well, to ensure proper water supply. Wouldn’t one such kid there be ever so affected to be driven to change the world?

     That, I guess is what it does to people. We become so different that we don’t even recognize ourselves; we look back and realize just how much we had changed due to love affecting us in our lives.

     But then, there is also a kind of love that is toxic. A kind that just ruins two people and everyone around them, yet they hang on to it. They nurture that love at the cost of everything they have and just keep pouring into it until it ruins them both and they are left with nothing.