Once Promising Youth

Like you are caught in a highway Heavy traffic in a sunny morning Waiting and hoping and dreaming You’ll reach the seashore soon enough See the light shimmering on the Sea waves. Like a person hoping for good news Dreams give the Sloth hour two wings. No, not like the feeling of that Being surrounded by fellow men With understanding. No, no hope, no dream, no nothing. Rather like being caught in a highway Under the will of someone you cannot see Under the whim of someone you cannot ask Under the wish of someone who understands What you don’t understand and that you understand not. Too many question you ask I see. Questions makes you bleak-heart Yes you are Caught in a highway Under the scorching sun. Shining on the highway Highway endless like a tongue of an unknown giant Whose wistfulness only makes you move And may be if He wishes when He wishes You are signaled to move. You’ll reach the sea at last may be, To watch it with your bleak heart. Only to find the sea that you can See no more Because the dreamless waiting has made you blind Only darkness mingle with Death of the Sky And Sun and Time and You, the Once Promising Youth.