The Lost Key..

Eventually I sat to rest for a while,

in the garden against an old tree

as it had been almost two hours

since I started looking for my lost locker key.

My eyes also needed rest it seemed

as they were shutting down every now and then

‘it is my locker key!’ I told them

‘and not an ordinary pen’.

Everything appeared blur to me suddenly

as my glasses had on them raindrops few.

Then I looked up to the sky and saw

its colour change to grey from blue.

I got up and moved out a little

from under the shade of the tree,

I stretched my arms and looked up again

and let the raindrops cascade down on me.

I sauntered all around the garden,

with the rain still pouring down on me,

I looked at the trees, birds and flowers around

everything had become so beautiful suddenly.

A horde of children came out of their houses:

to play, jump and frolic in the rain

all smiling and laughing with innocence of a dove

they were alien to the word ‘pain’.

Birds sitting in the trees were ruffling their feathers,

chirping softly and begging to bide the wee

It seemed to me as if

the angels were playing music heavenly

Tiny raindrops falling from the sky

embellished the flowers everywhere.

It became a pleasure for me to breathe

as their fragrance had filled the air

The dew on the grass was shining lightly

and had arranged itself in form of curls.

it seemed that Mother Nature had herself put on

a beautiful necklace of white pearls.

The spectacle was most beautiful that I had ever seen,

there was nothing in it that was amiss

I could have sat forever watching it thence

as it was a moment of pure bliss.

Detaching myself from everything else at that moment,

what true happiness really meant I could see,

with no regrets about anything anymore

even a call from the father was acceptable to me

What is the need to run? I thought

after material things like cars and money

when they are things we easily overlook

which can make our lives even more sunny.

Amidst my thought process, it stopped raining,

the sun came out and shone with all its might

Forlorn! My feet hit the ground

it became difficult to bear the intense light.

I became guilty and felt sorry for myself

as my practicality took over the nostalgia again

I resumed my search for the lost key

and again became what the world calls ‘sane’.