Sometimes, the Muses come visiting at unexpected moments, just like in the early hours this morning. Thus this reflection-poem of mine came to be.
I
Waking up at dawn
I see darkness around
Only flickering lights
Beaming from buildings afar
Cast a shimmering glow
to everything below
For a second I wonder –
Who’d need the stars?
Nothing ever though
can Overshadow
the Wondrous shine from
Those heavenly bodies…
Yet
in that hour,
Blackness covers the sky.
II
Sleep still tugging at me
I recline on the seat
By the window
and turn my gaze
at the sleeping city
beneath my feet…
Everything is still
Everything quiet
Save for the rumblings
in my mind
which I quell
by my Prayers
III
Gazing by the window
I wonder
Could there be any other soul
Brooding as I do
Over the vast view
of our side of the metropolis…
Or perhaps someone
from his own window
Watching me
Watching the world outside?