CRYSTAL BALL …

The sun was shining high up in the sky

Nature was mirth herself today..

When lo behold ! the storm came by

Such grief beyond the skies, I say

If only I knew, If only I knew

I would’ve carried an umbrella too !

Tossing and turning in the night was he,

He’d waited so long for the day ahead,

How wonderful would she look , his bride to be !

Would she change her mind, would he be wed ?

If only he knew , if only he knew,

Till death he’d wear the sweaters she’d sew !

Into the night he’d walked away

Hailing from a family of sailors as he did

Like his father , would he too betray !

Would she be cursed to put upon the lid !

If only she knew, if only she knew !

Forty more years, the same she’d view !

A vision before us to show us the way,

Wish there was magic to throw some light,

Upon the mysteries that haunt us today

That, before the light flickers, our wrongs be right,

If only we knew, if only we knew,

To the meaning of life, we’d bid Adieu !

--SHRUTI NARAYAN….