Life was a baffling puzzle,
In the scorching heat,
I sought a little drizzle.
And at times, a retreat.
The world was a buzzing place,
But in my lonely heart,
I often fell asleep pondering,
And woke up with a start.
What was I looking for?
I didn’t really know.
Where I was headed,
I didn’t want to go.
Life was a baffling puzzle,
In the scorching heat,
I sought a little drizzle.
And at times, a retreat.
I stayed up nights,
Looking at the lights.
Filled with fathomless gloom,
Like preparing for my doom.
But one single morning,
Changed it all.
When you walked into,
That empty hall.
All it took was,
One look at you.
And the whitewashed walls,
Turned into a million hues!
Your sparkling eyes,
Like the untamed sea.
Sometimes an open book,
Sometimes, a mystery.
I wished I could hold,
The sands of time.
Or let it be lost,
In the labyrinth of my rhyme.
But time is a wily beast,
It flew.
Leaving me with,
Memories of you.
Then I saw you again,
Walking down the street.
I think I skipped,
Just one heartbeat.
Today it’s been,
A long, long time.
And I am trying to capture time again,
In the labyrinth of my rhyme.
So I can spend a moment with you.
With your memories.
Forget my mundane life.
Escape all my worries.
We knew each other,
For a very short while.
But you infected me,
With the desire to smile.
So today in the scorching heat,
When I look for a retreat,
All I do is think of you,
And lose myself in your million hues…
