Miles behind I've left my dreams Of a blooming spring And flowing streams I had just prayed To keep me warm And see me through The winter storm I wanted not The dazzling lights Nor did I ask For a day's delight Cheerful plays Through night and day I never craved To cross my way I have rejoiced In piercing breeze In scorching sun I've been at ease In shivering cold While drenched in rain I never whined With some complain However small My want has been Exceeds the fate As can be seen I have been told By my yesterday My days to come Will be like today
With a stale dry bread And sugarcane juice The heart denies To call a truce Devoid of thoughts On a long highway I crave to speak I have lots to say Vicious attacks Of last few days Have bruised the life In a thousand ways In pensive times Of gloom and fears The wounds burn bad With salt of tears Breathing still The dusty air And sights ahead Of just despair An impaired mind Just cries aloud But no one hears In the bustling crowd Clasping hard Some memories old The hands are tired Of the weight to hold With food of thoughts No one to share The soul shivers Uncovered and bare Leering away At the lone milestone The eyes behold How times have flown How feelings have Just lost their way I search myself On a long highway
What makes them smile? Is a pricey gift Some phoney glitters Take their minds adrift Some words untrue And a touch not felt Is all it takes For hearts to melt Hideous thoughts Disguised as care Is just enough For them to share And there I thought There is lot to do To learn to love In years so few I thought that love Was sweat and tears Some smiles and frowns Of joy and fears Now when I look At times bygone It seems I was wrong May be all along Life's lessons Alas are tough It's a pain to know Love is not enough
Tempestuous times Have told again This time as well Will pass in vain No matter what Night stars can do They cannot bring A dawn for you Storms loom large Within the eye The waves are rogue The swells are high The wind swept skies Echoes your wails But storms will tear Apart the sails Silent shrieks Roar in the ears Sounds of pain Get drowned in tears Afar you see A distant light Too far it is To help your plight You've lived a life For a cause that's lost You have nothing To pay the cost The cost of dreams Of a future day Seems much too steep To bear today
Draped in silence A dark night falls A heart hides back Within the walls The outside stroll Had not been kind You've lost again! Thus taunts the mind With lingering fear Of a loss again The words dried up Thoughts were vain Someone plays From up far high Some notes of lute Of sobs and sigh Deep in the woods Of poison trees A soul shivers In icy breeze Amidst the thorns A bird bleeds out It had fought to live But lost the bout Out there they laugh In a shrieking sound In a drunken state Of joy profound Behind the walls The heart pretends It can bear all pain If it never ends
The clouds gave way Winds didn't have a say Frozen ice did melt At last some warmth was felt Longish songs of pain With bursts of teary rain Was halted for a while There was a cause to smile From dark of grief and fear To moments full of cheer I saw the rainbows play Yes I saw it yesterday In a season full of gloom I saw a blossom bloom Just moments worth to steal Were like a lasting feel Hideous clouds of grey Parted yesterday Sun poured out its light Breathtaking was the sight Several days worth night I could not see the light But yesterday was mine I saw a bright sunshine
Miles behind 
