World’s Doomsday
17:00
Looking outside the window,
The sky is gray, a tweak of
Light passing through the clouds.
Somebody said the world
Would end tomorrow..
A shiver from that thought.
Heaven or Hell?
Yet my heart was saddened by
The doubt
whether –
I might have a glance of your
Face or hear the ripples of
Your laughter
Before earth swallows me whole
Or a shower of fire consumes the
Earth..
00:00
The clock strikes at 12 ..
Still watching the pale moon
Wondering if it will ever turn red
Like what is written in the Book


Wondering if the moon is beaming
On your face while you are asleep
Hoping it might bring you dreams
of the forgotten past
When we too sat at the same spot
Where I am now..
Listening to the night’s wind lullaby
staring at the moon.
01:00
A faint breeze blows my
Face… deadly silence..
The moon casting a pale shadow
On the ground…
Another day has past
a sigh of relief escapes my breath
for the moon is still pale white,
and the crickets are still making
their tune.
And tomorrow, maybe tomorrow
I might finally meet the Reason
Why the world shouldn’t end yet.

You told me about a house
on the beach
you once saw on an August day. .
and I, imagined how nice it would be
for our kids to run around the shore..
the waves kissing their toes..
the zephyr wind blowing my hair
and you.. standing next to me..
holding my hand.. overlooking the sea.

I waited at the shore
while the ebbing tide caresses my toes..
imagining how it felt to live
in the sea for days...
weeks.. months..years..
imagining how to live with music
of the rushing tides..
picking up shells on lazy afternoons...
imagining living with you.

would we ever grow tired
of watching the sea meet the sky..
would we ever fear the tides when it rises..
attempting to wash away our home
hopes.. dreams..
would our hearts be weathered
by the tossing of the waves
or grow restless
upon hearing the howling of the wind
and rising of the tides..?

The rain finally fell this morning.. while lying in bed..
I watched it trickled down from the heavens down
into the leaves .. down to the thirsty ground...
Heaven's mercy over the fierce Earth...
soothing... penetrating my senses....