Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Shifting Perceptions

The perky pigeons pecked and played a pair Perched on a crispy cable before the night; The traffic, and its rustle-bustle was in the air As the streetlight beamed into twilight! I watched the sky, and the moon was still there Racing against many patches of cloud; I watched the stars; the formations were there No change after all these years, I said it aloud! Everything that I saw before was...

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Insomniac

It's late, past midnight, by the way And too early to begin another day! I take a deepest yawn While waiting for a morning to dawn! It’s too late to turn to a sweet deep sleep And too early for a journey long and steep! Time seems to be stagnant and immobile And the night ahead seems a long, long mile! I can't roll back to an evening previous The time gone awry isn’t as precious; Nor even to the...