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by: priyarpan srivastava
| Horizon - the thin line where earth embraces sky | | is it - the end, | | or the beginning,
or is it the limit??
May be its a challenge,
a call,
a call to come close...
a call to touch it.
to feel it
Sometimes, its red
Soaked in evening sun,
Ocean below, Clouds above,
Its far ,
too far away,
I know its magnificent and Yes, fascinating too.
All my life, I wanted real bad to know, to see what lies beneath the horizon.
I wanted to be there.
So I walked,
I ran,
felt tired,
I crawled,
fall down on stones,
got hurt,
felt lonely,
sometimes even cried.
met many on the way,
strange faces,
but some walked along my side.
I laughed with them,
shared my space
a few were close and
then they were left behind, or
at times, I slowed down and let them ahead.
I was amazed,
or may be confused,
and yes, afraid too,
but still, I marveled the new sights,
Praised the beauty,
Felt the bliss in air
hated the scorned,
felt lost,
yelled out loud at skies,
whispered into the trees,
touched the leaves,
kissed the flowers,
and thorns too,
saw the land under my feet,
rough and barren
soft with grass,
I saw up,
Lights blinked eyes,
Nights were dark
Sometimes I wish I could fly,
Sometimes, I just laid down and slept
And dreamt…
Dreamt of unforeseen
Woke up
walk again
Felt thirsty
Ran for water
But I didn’t stop,
Kept on going -
ahead
days and nights,
months and years…
Wait a minute!!
something’ wrong,
something’s happened,
I am changed
is it……..
Oh! I have grown.
grown up,
matured
Since when am I following that horizon… I don’t remember
am I any nearer to it then earlier…….. Why?
Horizon…
is it merely a delusion?
nonexistent?
All this time –
was I following a mirage?
The path I walked –
was it in vain?
NO!! it can’t be
it is not ‘nothing’
I know what it is
and I have always known it…
Horizon - is – as far as I can see…
It is my destiny
I had to walk the path, I followed
and I will walk ….forever
till I’ll reach the horizon.
the fate,
the limit,
the end.
my end.
Yes, I know it now…
My path – was my Life &
Horizon – the death
Magnificent and splendiferous
NO, its not a delusion.
It is true
The last truth.
So For now,
I leave
lay down my pen.
I was nice –
talking to you.
But I have to go
have to walk ahead
have to run.
I have to reach as far as I can see
I have to reach that Horizon … |
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