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Suhani Srivastava Poem
A MEMORY
DIVE INTO THAT MEMORY LANE
I SHUFFLE THE PICTURES SO VIVID, THEY SEEM ALIVE
NOW, JUST SIT AND CLOSE MY EYES
AND REMINISCE A DAY IN THE PLAYGROUND
THAT STILL COMFORTS MY MIND
I SEE MYSELF, SITTING UNDER THAT BIG MANGO TREE
BEAMING WITH WONDER HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS
IN THAT MOMENT I HAD ALL THE PLACE I NEEDED, MY SOUL WAS FREE
THE SHADE OF THE LEAVES MADE ME FEEL HOME
THE BREEZE BRUSHED MY HAIR AGAINST MY NECK, IT TICKLED AND I LAUGHED
THEN ALL I NEEDED TO MAKE ME HAPPY WAS THE SIMPLE THOUGHT OF THE WIND PLAYING WITH ME
AND THERE WERE WORRIES NO MORE
LYING DOWN ON THE COOL GROUND
I WATCHED AS A LINE ANTS WENT BY
IN AWE OF HOW SMALL THEY WERE, YET THE HURDLES WERE NO BOUND
I WISHED THEY WOULD INVITE ME TO THEIR TINY HOUSE
AND I WOULD LISTEN TO THEIR STORIES OF THE BIG WORLD, ALL DAY
GAZING AT THE BLUE SKY,
I REQUESTED THE CLOUDS TO COME DOWN FOR A WHILE
SO I COULD CLIMB ON THEM AND TAKE A RIDE
THE SERENE BEAUTY OF NATURE CAPTIVATED ME SO SLYLY
I WAS READY TO RENEGADE
AND THE IMAGINATION OF CREATING MY OWN WORLD
LIFTING MY SPIRITS SO SOFTLY
BACK TO THE PRESENT, I HAVE AN EPIPHANY
ALL THOSE DREAMS ARE STILL WITH ME,
LOCKED SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART
AND MAYBE ALL I NEED, IS TO BE A CHILD AGAIN
TO PLAY IN THAT GROUND
FREELY AND HAPPILY
AND LET THE SUBTLE EMOTIONS TAKE ME WHERE
I NEED TO BE
Copyright © Suhani Srivastava | Year Posted 2021
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