How magical the moon, the quiet, this night
This blissful melody of peaceful waters
Flowing serenely in heart of the woods
Removed, alone, content and pure
The stream’s melody, the nature’s song
This quietens me when nothing else could
Scars of a turbulent past I bear still
This calms me when nothing else would
It’s never all black and white, they say
Yet that was all I ever saw
Time still went on, life still moved on
But greys, though late, finally caught on
Some things will never be the same
Some things were never meant to be
Life’s what you make of it they say
The truth of it I might never see
But somehow this is all but a blur
Time has frozen, am I healed?
Must be a dream for I am at peace
The moon’s nightsong is nothing but bliss
The waters shine with the moon’s glory
The cool breeze gushes with festive serenity
Mesmerised I walk to the moonlit stream
And lose myself in my mother’s beauty
Years drenched in pain an alien retrospection
Somehow the heart feels lighter tonight
Every timeless wound, every painful memory
Seem all so sudden a different man’s story
Is this a lesson? Is this my heaven?
But the answer to this is already with me
Years spent in hunger, in quest of that answer
My imprisoned mind, you’re finally free
Beside this shore I found my peace
Watched by the moon, the doting stars
The caring embrace of the gentle wind
The sweet lullaby of the benevolent stream
A world within a world, a surreal fantasy
Of hope in this world I thought was lost
A world beyond a world, an unreal ecstacy
Of feelings in heart which were all but dust
Was it a day, a month, a year?
I know not how long by the river I sat
The gift of peace, the treasure of care
Were all too much for this heart to spare
My mother filled me with riches unbound
All with a promise to treasure her treasure
What was my weakness now is my strength
The power of this heart is beyond all measure
How magical the moon, the quiet, this night
This blissful melody of peaceful waters
Flowing serenely in heart of the woods
Removed, alone, content and pure
The stream’s melody, the nature’s song
This enlivens me like nothing else could
A sense of belonging, of purpose, of future
This makes me hopeful like true happiness would
Wrote this poem last year on a December night.
All comments appreciated.
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