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FOOTPRINTS UNDER MY WINDOW [Written in August, 1997. Published in "Poet's International" Journal: Year-1997, Bangalore, India] |
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Oft
have I awoken in the fresh morning air When
the sun has weaved Her
rays of gold And
opened the mist-frozen petals with little pools For
sweet bees to bathe in. Then
have my eyes seen Littlest
of the little footprints appear, As
if from the melting mist – Little
tiny impressions, so magical Beneath
my window That
greets the wide, wide world. I
have lain long and late Oblivious
to the creatures That
have caused them to be there. But
at times, when the icy winter wind Has
lashed out steely currents on my face, I
have heard them whisper – Sweet,
soft, magical whispers – That
have ridden on the cold night air And
carried themselves to me, In
vain my eyes have searched them Beneath
mulberry and rose, For
some hidden path to fairy folk, A
path to fairyland. In
vain have I searched and asked young eyes Questions
fancied from the thoughts of silken footprints. And
all eyes, yes all Have
laughed vaguely, sneeringly Some
even sad and caught in a haze – Eyes
that have told the sad tale Of
a fairyland that exists no more. And
yet have I seen them lie lifeless – Tinkling,
shimmering, almost fading into the moonlight, That
have melted from the mist, Enclosed
in the Sun’s first golden threads, Fall
softly – ever so silently – There,
right where the window opens, Letting
in the wind from beneath the mulberry And
the breeze that lies nestled in oblivion Beneath the wild, wild, rose.
Zeenat N
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FOOTPRINTS UNDER MY WINDOW [Written in August, 1997. Published in "Poet's International" Journal: Year-1997, Bangalore, India] |
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