Composed at Twilight

The fading beams of the day-lamp

Arouse panic within me;

Suffering from the muscle cramp,

I can’t endure, need to flee.

It’s been acute, aye, too acute;

Still, enthrals the west sky;

I’m trying to make it subdued

So that I find wings to fly.

My chamber’s been the Bastille;

Murk tries to turn me blind;

Nature remains strong and still;

She disciplines us, being kind.

The darkling pall comes down

Moment to moment, little by little;

The Queen Moon’s up in her crown;

We’ve become strong, are never more brittle.

There’s beauty, there’s charm

At every nook and corner;

True charm does never harm;

Let’s from our within it garner.

Life Rediscovered

The cloud was lost;

The sky became starry;

My spine felt the frost;

My vision became blurry.

My eyes felt so droopy;

Was I fading away?

Was I in real or sleepy?

Was it a night or a day?

Volleys of questions came to my mind;

I failed to follow them all;

My numbness did become too unkind;

To my taste nectar became gall.

Right then I came back to wake,

To my utterly serious surprise;

Aye, I was given a shake;

Strength came back to me then in disguise.

What had happened to me then?

Was my might put to a test?

I got lost in my memory lane;

I found for life profound zest.