LOVE (composed - 05Mar 2001)

I remained a standing witness,
To the coronation of a new day –
The dawn –
As darkness gave way,
To the soft beams
Of the rising sun,
Lighting up the eastern skies.
I saw no contradiction,
But a peaceful harmony,
Between the unlikeness
Of shadow and light…
There was no pomp of triumph,
Or the sense of a defeat;
Instead, there was a sense of loss,
Of deprivation,
As they unentwined,
Disentangled,
As though reluctant
To let go… to break free…
Love,
I never did know
All your colours!

MEMORIES (composed in the first quarter of 1996)

The rainbow at whose very sight
I jumped up in sheer joy;
Now means little more to me,
Than just a child’s toy.

The days of childhood I have passed,
And now they’re just like dreams;
For they now remain as memories,
That flow like silver streams.

The songs I sang, the books I read,
And the games I loved to play;
The memories of my past days,
I treasure through each day.

Every day I begin with a new hope,
And not once I pause to think;
That in the ocean of memories,
They too will one day sink.