Watch Your Step

Walking through the midst of a rainy London evening

The smell of rain-kissed grass, the clutter of raindrops and splashes from the passing cars

I walked through the garden and saw the kids play

And I saw a boy so pale

Pale, but eyes of gems

A smile to light up even the darkest of nights

This beauty I'd never met in my life

I then walked up and we conversed

A night I would remember even though I hurt

We danced in his backyard

And hummed to the tunes

I fell in love so soon

But it went altogether along with the mother bird's croon

He met someone else

And forgot about me

It doesn't f

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eel like the perfect symphony

One night I went to the kitchen

I heard a crack and looked back

It was a lizard I stepped on

And I couldn't move ahead on

I then went to my room, apologized to the lizard, who is now in heaven

I realized it was all a lesson

I went into the kitchen without looking at what was ahead

I went and fell in

And ended up killing the innocent

Just like I went and conversed with that boy

I fell in a hole I couldn't avoid

Without thinking about what was ahead

I fell in and killed my innocent self

So before you walk

Look ahead

And watch your step