The Passage

Waking up as if from a long sleep

Someone must have heard me weep

I found myself in a new world

Hands reached out to comfort and hold.

Everything started with nothingness

There were no feelings of sadness

All the memories had been wiped clean

The world was as it had always been.

This world had certain things new

But initially I discovered a few

Lush green forests, streams and sea beach

A courtyard which soon came within my reach.

A family with parents and siblings

I grew up, saw more things

The world kept on expanding

The horizon kept on rising.

I transcended two spheres

Without any knowledge of fears

Sometimes home and outside world overlapped

I Never found myself trapped.

The school was where you went in the morning

Came rushing back just before evening

It was only home-cooked food

Served with love to entire brood.

Ten years were gone in a blink of eye

Some relations disappeared, some stayed nearby

I had moved beyond the narrow confines

And discovered that the world never moved in straight lines.

Those days perhaps passed too fast

Perhaps good or bad days are never meant to last

Every morning I think of days gone

Reminiscing of yesterdays alone.