"I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds for something extraordinary to happen to us."

- Khaled Hosseini
And The Mountains Echoed.

Moonglade

The last lingering

breath of the night

ruffles through

my cascading hair,

carrying the scent of

waters and cold sand.

You nudge me,

on the shoulder

and break my trance

To bid goodbye

to moon glade
as the dawn
gradually devours.

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Rewind

Let me be a child today.

I need a bucket

full of innocence

and

desperation

to walk ahead,

having no doubts..

where I'm heading to,

and where should I stop.

Allow me, to be a child today.

Deprive me of the wisdom

of worldly manners

and quickly,

like a snap

break this reality into shards.

Yes, I'm a child today.

Tell the world,

I'll get a tomorrow

to grow up

and to talk mature,

the way it wants.

Or if tomorrow doesn't

show up

this happy child,

would be glad

to die

young.
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Be Breathless Till You Find Me

Perhaps
you mistook me, Sir.
I do not reside in the echoes
or debris of the past.
I do not flicker with the city lights,
nor do I rest amidst the seven sins.
I am the unquenchable thirst,
prodding you to begin
     the journey
which shall end within.
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Marigold

settled gracefully

on the bed of marigold

a wasp rubs its legs

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Traditional 5-7-5 pattern.