Wednesday, July 16, 2008

to the eyes...

there are...
always were...
deeply embedded...
yet always there...
brimming...
bustling...
ferociously kicking...
assuaging my deepest fears...
sheltering me...
cascading...
my dreams...
inhibitions...
the bestest of friends...
for reminding me...
that there always will be...
a tomorrow...
a beautiful dawn...
light...
and here i am...
standing at that juncture...
called life...
its bustling...
robust...
all around me...
enveloping me...
for all those days that seemed like they would never end...
for all the moments that you thought would always hound you...
for where there is heat there is cold...
for where there is hopelessness there are dreams...
for where there is death there is birth...
for where there is stench there is a scent...
reeling...
the scene of life...
the perfume of hope...
for amongst the buildings...
the grandeur...
the landscape...
the meandering river...
the heroin peddlers...
the gory reminders...
the reminiscent red light...
there is a glimmer...
of hope...
of dreams..
of aspirations...
of the soul...
of the magnificemt...
of just what we can do...
of what the human mind is capable of...
of what we have achieved and will...
this is to pretty eyes...
which never belie...
always reflecting the truth...
regardless of how corrupt we may be...
the purity in them stays...
while they perform and communicate the most visual images...
playing tricks at times...
making the truth appear jumbled and pronouncing the lies and yet...
there they are...
never ceases to amaze me...
just how integral they are...
and how disconnected i would feel...
if there was a vacuum...
just darkness...
would i ever experience the thoughts that i do now...
and as i gaze down...
watching...
i know...
that there are greater things coming...
this is to those who believe...
in themselves...
in their friends...
in those cherished moments...
knowing that one day...
they will be back...
this is to individuals who persevered...
for they are the real winners...
and i gaze at the rain...
my eyes glimpsing...
for somewhere deep down...
i want to do the rain dance...
freeing myself...
this is to dances...
in the rain...
and there is that trademark smile...
thank you for always managing to smile...
back to work...