Reminiscence Of A Pareidolic Soul

As I wandered on a windy night,

The cold winds blowing with all their might, 

Among the thick tangle of oaks, 

Whose branches twisted into crooked knots 

I felt my life do the same.

But the dryads aren't to blame,

‘Cause I sense it unveiling the tragic tale, 

The gloomy silhouette of the clouds

Had seemed to prophecy, 

Ages ago.…….

I was in the midst of a heavy rain, 

And felt my soul shedding tears in vain. 

I dreamt of the life I longed to cherish, 

When, before my eyes, I saw all hopes perish 

Like the clouds had prophesied, 

Ages ago......

I was atop a luminous mountain, 

And felt my mind draw a misty curtain

Over the blazing sun, 

Which stared wrathfully for the sins I'd done.

I gazed far to the rows of marigold

On whom I saw my doom unfold,

Like the clouds had prophesied, 

Ages ago....

I was in a void land,

With a lone tree, devoid of any leaves

And felt my own life, 

Stand as bland & so full of strife 

Like the clouds had prophesied,

Ages ago....

I was enveloped by the terror 

Of the horror-some roaring waters,

As I sat on a coast, 

Gazing at the moon that shone like a ghost 

And the thought of werewolves about, 

Seemed to let my life ebb away 

Again; like the clouds had prophesied,

Ages ago….

I was nowhere,

With only black roses everywhere

And the world was as dark as the 

Deathly gloom that settled upon me.

The murderous air ceased to be filled 

With the whining of a sparrow,

Battling to see tomorrow,

Grappling perhaps, for his final breath...

A drop from the same rain, 

Which once beheld my woes

Quenched his thirst in re

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pose;

A ray of hope from the same sun, 

Which once shattered my hopes,

Warmed him in great gentle strokes; 

A flicker from the same moon, 

Which’s never let my spirits croon,

Raised his spirits beyond limits.

The same sad tree,

Which once stood for my life’s bareness

Now stood for the blissful bird

Whose prayer of refuge’d been heard.

And the same whining wind,

Which once welcomed me to this terrible trance

Now gave the world a glance 

And lightly whispered, “I AM TIME.”

I gazed down and saw a fallen leaf

That was indeed, a sigh of relief!

For the leaf, perhaps dethroned by a grueling gale

And by earth’s scorching season turned pale,

Was now lifted to the air and then the sky,

Gently cradled by the genteel wind;

No, gently cradled by time……

Time gave me agony, rue and foes

I gave the world despair, pain and woes

Perhaps unaware that,

While the clouds wrote down my fate

The stars had penned down my dreams...

Dreams; that seem to shatter and fall,

Like the waters gushing down a fall

In the oceans of time do they resurface,

Stronger than ever and roaring with menace..

Whenever my eyes cry, 

I am reminded, I’ve a heart within, 

Wherein humanity resides;

Whenever my throat chokes,

I am reminded, I’ve a voice within

Which yearns for wings, 

Just like the bird that soared 

Far from the shades of Hade’s abode!

I was in the midst of stretches of daisies

As if life’d presented sweet, scented posies

And embraced the rising sun,

Beholding the magic nature’d spun...

As I took in the pleasant petrichor,

That the early rains’d left forever,

Afar I saw an oak stand so stout

With boughs so high and branching out

And felt my life do the same.